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Date:      Thu, 12 Sep 1996 22:01:54 -0700
From:      hmmm <hmmm@alaska.net>
To:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: modems
Message-ID:  <3238EAC2.7155@alaska.net>
References:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960913220935.615K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>

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Doug White wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, hmmm wrote:
> 
> > i can't wait for a new sio driver!
> I didn't know one was in the works.i recently read somewhere that that was the case.
 
> This is not FreeBSD's fault entirely -- apparently your Hayes requires
> some sort of initialization and does not properly initialize at reboot.
> Internal modems don't appear to work very well with FreeBSD.  I've seen
> more problems with unresponsive internals than externals.regarding init - it does have standard Hayes/Inet defaults ...
it was brand new.

> > so i re-enable sio2.  sio3 found immediately.
> Hm.  If you could figure out just what the Hayes is waiting for we could
> fix that up.  (I have an external Supra that works wonders).how would i test that out when the kernels probes don't find it at boot time?
i would imagine certain kernel table entries get marked as "off/inaccessable"
when a probe fails - disallowing use of the device by normal methods.



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