Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 26 Jan 1996 09:19:50 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Cc:        smp@csn.net (Steve Passe)
Subject:   Re: pcemu & COM ports
Message-ID:  <199601260819.JAA18737@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <199601260026.RAA25136@clem.systemsix.com> from "Steve Passe" at Jan 25, 96 05:26:02 pm

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Redirected to freebsd-ports, where this belongs.

As Steve Passe wrote:
> 
> Am I correct in believing that pcemu has no way of emulating
> a COM[1234] port via attachment to a /dev/ttydxxx port?

You are.

> Has anyone found a solution to this problem?

The solution is not difficult, basically you have to implement a 0x14
type BIOS service module into pcemu, and you gotta do things like
modem locking on the BSD end.

int 0x14 sucks, most programs don't use it at all since it only allows
for speed up to 9600 Baud.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199601260819.JAA18737>