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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: danny@panda.hilink.com.au, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu
Subject: Re: TC-800 hi speed 8-port serial card
Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, sdudley@byterunner.com
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>> The ByteRunner web site has a link to the serial ports section of the 
>> FreeBSD handbook (2.1.0 version!!!) rather than explicit instructions for 
>> installing with FreeBSD.  I already have AST/4 clones running happily on 
>> my system.  I configured a kernel with COM_MULTIPORT and 8 ports tied 
>> together as for the AST/4.  I added the "verbose" bit to the flags.  None 
>> of the sio devices was recognised, and the probe failed at "test 3", 
>> which looks like the IRQ test in sio.c.
>
>there is a bit that tells FreeBSD to ignore the results of test3...

Only in -current.  You don't want to ignore it for testing new hardware.

>> page does not seem to handle this other than by saying "only AST/4 
>> control registers are handled."
>
>actually.. AST/4 irq status registers aren't even supported yet... I'm
>about finished with support 'em...

This is why it says "only _control_ registers are supported" :-).

Bruce