Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 16:35:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "Eric L. Hinson" <erich@aug.com> To: jkh@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 2.0.5 and RISCom/8 boards... Message-ID: <199509132035.QAA02339@rocoto.aug.com> Resent-Message-ID: <11663.811039315@time.cdrom.com>
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Hi there, I have installed a RISCom/8 board in a FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE machine I am using for a Free-Net system here in St. Augustine, FL. (We also have two FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE boxes, one as a shell machine and one as a web server for the ISP we run). I have corresponded with Andrey Chernov (one of the authors of the rc.c and rcreg.h code that make up the driver), and have been unsuccessful in getting the board to function under FreeBSD. In the mean time, I slapped together a 'terminal server' consisting of a 386DX/40 w/8 megs, a RISCom/8, ethernet board, 540meg drive and BSDI. :( As you can imagine, I'd like *very* much to have the FreeBSD machine handle this instead. (had a few annoying run-ins with BSDI's "tech support" passing the buck and such that didn't sit to well with me. The FreeBSD community (Including Geoff Rehmet who helped me durring the early stages of our ISP with our single 1.1.5.1 box) has been so helpful in providing assistance, information, etc. I am curious as to how you would go about determining what is wrong and how to go about making the driver work. I have done all the stuff needed on the hardware/software end (configured the board for correct irq and base io address, created devices, set up /etc/ttys entries, etc..). The board is recognized by the kernel. When I attempt to connect to the board via tip (set up /etc/remote and all that good stuff) I am not able to issue commands to the modem. A friend took the 2.2-CURRENT RISCom/8 drivers and modified them to try to get them to work with the 2.1-STABLE system, we had some success, but still incountered anomalies. (such as lost characters at higher speeds than 19200 port speed, seeing the FreeBSD banner and login prompt when dialing into the port, but not getting a responce when typing in a login name (no characters echo, etc..). Sorry for the long message, I didn't intend for it to get that out of hand. Any help/ideas/suggestions you may have would be greatly appreciated. You guys keep up the great work with FreeBSD! :) I can say that we would certainly not be where we are today (our ISP has 340 users in a year of being online and still growing even in little ole St. Augustine) if it were not for the killer job you all have done here. I want to write a message to put in the "Cool uses for FreeBSD" section of your web page describing what we've been up to here. Take care. And thanks for your help. Eric -- Eric L. Hinson :: Unix Sys Admin :: Internet E-Mail: erich@aug.com AugLink Communications, Inc. :: My Home Page: http://www.aug.com/~erich/ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A. :: Old City page: http://www.oldcity.com/ "The deer may forget the snare, but the snare does not forget the deer."
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