Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 17:03:52 -0500 From: John David Steffes <34lz5ap@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> To: "'Steve Sims'" <SimsS@ibm.net> Cc: "hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, "aero@aisb.org" <aero@aisb.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD & Compaq Aero - sio question Message-ID: <01BBE5F2.F524DA20@em3101.emmons.cmich.edu>
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To be honest, I never have used my Serial Port on my Aero. I don't even know if it works. But I will try after I write this letter. JDS ---------- From: Steve Sims[SMTP:SimsS@ibm.net] Sent: Monday, December 09, 1996 4:53 PM To: 34lz5ap@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; aero@aisb.org Subject: FreeBSD & Compaq Aero - sio question In your installation of FreeBSD on your Compaq Aero, were you successful in getting the internal serial port to probe correctly? I've tried a GENERIC kernel from 2.1.6 and 2.2-ALPHA, as well as Hosokawa's PAO-enabled boot floppy and none of them probe the internal port successfully, regardless of the CMOS configuration (com1: or com2:) of the hardware (set though Compaq's diagnostic / setup floppy). This is similar to a problem that I had with FreeBSD on a Compaq LTE-Elite; while the OS ran fine, neither sio0 or sio1 ever did probe correctly (even with some extended delay added to sio.c). I ran this problem by Nate and Bruce, but never really delved under the covers and sorted it out. Apparently our friends at Compaq do something goofy with their hardware, but I haven't a clue as to what. I assume you have had some success???? ...sjs...
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