From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jul 29 06:32:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA25049 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 06:32:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bacall.lodgenet.com (bacall.lodgenet.com [205.138.147.242]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA25044 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 06:32:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by bacall.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id IAA15162; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 08:24:35 -0500 Received: from garbo.lodgenet.com(204.124.123.250) by bacall via smap (V1.3) id sma015144; Mon Jul 29 08:24:09 1996 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (jake.lodgenet.com [204.124.120.30]) by garbo.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA12972; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 08:24:11 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jake.lodgenet.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA01891; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 08:23:36 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199607291323.IAA01891@jake.lodgenet.com> X-Authentication-Warning: jake.lodgenet.com: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.2 7/18/95 To: Oleg N Panashchenko cc: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass), freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DigiBoard driver: How to use with X/em? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 29 Jul 1996 15:07:33 +0300." <199607291207.PAA05460@tav.kiev.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 08:23:36 -0500 From: "Eric L. Hernes" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Oleg N Panashchenko writes: >brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) wrote: > >: I have here a brand-spanking-new DigiBoard PC/Xem intelligent serial >: card, plus a cable and a box with 16 RS-232 connectors. However, I can't >: seem to get them working with the FreeBSD DigiBoard driver. When I build >: and boot from a kernel with the dgb driver installed, I get: > >: dgb0: PC/Xi 512K >: dgb0 at 0x204-0x207 maddr 0xfc0000 msize 524288 on isa >: dgb0: 2nd reset failed > >: and the ports don't work. It looks as if the card is recognized; however, >: the second message suggests a hardware problem. > >Does anybody have any docs or poiters to them about difference between >PC/Xe and PC/Xem models? If these models are not too different, I can >try to modify driver to make it working with PC/Xem. > Its been a while since I've looked at these, but from what I remember, I think the Xem series is a MIPS (R3000?) based critter, whereas the Xe series is Intel 80186 based. It'd at least be different bios/cook stuff. I think Digi even distributes different drivers for the two under their supported platforms. :( >Oleg > > eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com http://rrnet.com/~erich erich@rrnet.com