在C语言中，http://www.sci.muni.cz/docs/pc/serport.txt可以被转换为汇编语言。

int detect_UART(unsigned baseaddr)
{
   // this function returns 0 if no UART is installed.
   // 1: 8250, 2: 16450 or 8250 with scratch reg., 3: 16550, 4: 16550A
   int x,olddata;

   // check if a UART is present anyway
   olddata=inp(baseaddr+4);
   outp(baseaddr+4,0x10);
   if ((inp(baseaddr+6)&0xf0)) return 0;
   outp(baseaddr+4,0x1f);
   if ((inp(baseaddr+6)&0xf0)!=0xf0) return 0;
   outp(baseaddr+4,olddata);
   // next thing to do is look for the scratch register
   olddata=inp(baseaddr+7);
   outp(baseaddr+7,0x55);
   if (inp(baseaddr+7)!=0x55) return 1;
   outp(baseaddr+7,0xAA);
   if (inp(baseaddr+7)!=0xAA) return 1;
   outp(baseaddr+7,olddata); // we don't need to restore it if it's not there
   // then check if there's a FIFO
   outp(baseaddr+2,1);
   x=inp(baseaddr+2);
   // some old-fashioned software relies on this!
   outp(baseaddr+2,0x0);
   if ((x&0x80)==0) return 2;
   if ((x&0x40)==0) return 3;
   return 4;
}