Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:50:24 GMT From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/105616: UART PCI device just silent... Message-ID: <200611281750.kASHoOh3084807@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/105616; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> To: Helge Oldach <puc-uart@oldach.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/105616: UART PCI device just silent... Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:47:37 -0800 On Nov 28, 2006, at 8:21 AM, Helge Oldach wrote: > Hi Marcel, > >>> If it helps, I can place this card in a test machine over here for a >>> couple of days and plug some serial device to it, so that you can >>> play >>> with it from remote. That may take a day or two to set up however. >> >> That would definitely help. If you have a cross-over cable then you >> can connect both UART interfaces with each other, > > Thats a good point. I tried this with the current machine - and it > works! I'm completely astonished. Hmmm, weird. Good to know though :-) > The only thing that may be botched is speed, or potentially also > parity > or stop bits. It's definitely an odd failure mode. What happens if you wire one of the UART ports on the PCI card to one of the "legacy" on-board serial ports? Could you try both the PCI UARTs? -- Marcel Moolenaar xcllnt@mac.com
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