From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 12 17: 5:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4ED9150DA for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 17:05:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (solaris.puebla.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.251]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA02425; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 19:05:55 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <002701bf2d72$fefa4740$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> Reply-To: "Alejandro Ramirez" From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: , "freebsd-questions" References: <002301bf2d65$3f6650c0$0100a8c0@mojomatic> Subject: RE: PnP Modem Question Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 19:04:11 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Llike I told you, you will have to enable the sio4 in your kernel with the appropriate IO addresses and IRQ, and rebuild your kernel, you will have the sio4 probing at boot time. P.S. Forget the MAKEDEV part, you are right. Have Fun... Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Cohen To: freebsd-questions ; Alejandro Ramirez Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 5:25 PM Subject: RE: PnP Modem Question > > after that, so if your modem isnt a winmodem, you > > will have to enable the > > sio4 in your kernel with the appropriate IO > > addresses and IRQ, and create the > > apropiate device node in /dev with "./MAKEDEV > > sio4" command. > > Thanks Ales. I understood the the analogs between sioX and > comX. And I understood that I needed to add or enable sio4 > in the kernel. What I'm not sure about is how one adds the > device. > > I tried performing ./MAKEDEV sio4 in the /dev directory and > BSD responds with "no such device name." I then consulted > THE COMPLETE FREEBSD on the subject of MAKEDEV. Table 13-4 > Parameters for MAKEDEV doesn't specify sio as a device. The > closest device that looks like it might be what I'm looking > for is labeled "tty*" Is that what I want? The asterisk is > a place holder for the number of general serial ports. If > not how does one add an additional sioX port to the kernel? > Do I have to build a custom kernel? Or is there some other > way? > > Bob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message