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Date:      Thu, 16 Jul 1998 13:22:15 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Satwant <wizkid11@xnet.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cant configure serial port.
Message-ID:  <19980716132215.G23356@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199807160314.WAA19115@mail.xnet.com>; from Satwant on Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 08:11:27PM -0400
References:  <199807160314.WAA19115@mail.xnet.com>

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On Wednesday, 15 July 1998 at 20:11:27 -0400, Satwant wrote:
> On TECRA 550CDT (Toshiba laptop) I get "unable to configure sio1" at
> reboot. The internal modem is connected to irq 3 & 9.

That can't be.  sio ports only connect to one IRQ.

> The section 5.3.7 on Handbook says..
>
> "if you have internal modem on COM4 and a serial port at COM2 you will have
> to change the IRQ of the modem to 2 (for obscure resaons IRQ 2 = IRQ 9 in
> order to access it from FreeBSD)."
>
> How do you change the IRQ of the internal modem on a laptop.

That depends on the laptop.  First you need to establish what you
really have.  How many serial ports (including the modem) does it
have?  How are they configured?  What does dmesg say on boot?

Greg
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