From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 27 23:01:37 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8349616A41A for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:01:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CC6813C4A7 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:01:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from c83-253-25-183.bredband.comhem.se ([83.253.25.183]:50117 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Iluet-0003SI-9F for current@freebsd.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:01:36 +0200 Received: (qmail 1323 invoked from network); 28 Oct 2007 01:01:32 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 28 Oct 2007 01:01:32 +0200 Received: (qmail 13023 invoked by uid 1001); 28 Oct 2007 01:01:32 +0200 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:01:32 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-ID: <20071027230132.GA12961@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Marcel Moolenaar , current@freebsd.org References: <200710111741.34992.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <200710151216.36509.jhb@freebsd.org> <3E7A944C-6182-41A1-8881-C4B94428B65A@mac.com> <200710151510.35000.jhb@freebsd.org> <20071027174205.GK39759@funkthat.com> <20071027175856.GL39759@funkthat.com> <9F674BF7-58E2-4DC5-A082-F5128316F889@mac.com> <20071027214253.GA12390@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <3117246F-26D0-414B-9CBA-65F460F5EA39@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3117246F-26D0-414B-9CBA-65F460F5EA39@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.25.183 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1Iluet-0003SI-9F. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1Iluet-0003SI-9F f4e9297da2b19da0161cd6fe6f550327 Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New-bus unit wiring via hints.. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:01:37 -0000 On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 03:09:38PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Oct 27, 2007, at 2:42 PM, Erik Trulsson wrote: > >> On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 12:09:29PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >>> >>> On Oct 27, 2007, at 10:58 AM, John-Mark Gurney wrote: >>> >>>> Yeh, you're solution was to simply declare that anyone who knows that >>>> COM1 is at 0x3f8 is wrong, and to use a different, yet again arbitrary >>>> solution which is which is listed first in ACPI... >>> >>> Exactly. Anyone who "knows" that COM1 is at 0x3f8 while >>> the computer right in front of them clearly states that >>> COM1 is at 0x2f8 is in denial. >> >> If I say in the BIOS setup screen that the first serial port is >> to use 0x3f8, then that is the port which I want sio0 to attach to, >> regardless of in which order FreeBSD sees them enumerated. > > What is the first serial port in the BIOS? It is the port which is labeled 'Serial Port 1' or something similar. Normally corresponds to the physical port on the mainboard which is similarily labeled either directly on the board or in the manual. > Is that not the one > that's enumerated first? Not necessarily, no. It should be, but is not always. BIOSs are fairly often buggy or get things wrong. Being able to override the BIOS when it is wrong is a Good Thing. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se