From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 19 06:48:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA04965 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 06:48:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from aztec.co.za (aztec.co.za [196.7.70.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA04953 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 06:48:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from pcmgate.pcm.co.za [196.3.254.241] by aztec.co.za with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0tz2gF-000arFC; Tue, 19 Mar 96 16:46 EET Received: from IRVINEP5 (irvinep5.pcm.co.za [196.3.226.90]) by pcmgate.pcm.co.za (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA18445; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:42:21 +0200 Message-Id: <199603191442.QAA18445@pcmgate.pcm.co.za> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Irvine Short" Organization: Professional Computer Manufacturers To: Glen Foster Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:45:32 +2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Need Docs on Arnet Multiport CC: hardware@freebsd.org X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Irvine Short" X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Glen and All Thanks for the reply... > A client of mine has a "StarGate 8" (ARNET and StarGate are the same > company) and it works fine with FreeBSD 2.1R. When I was putting it > into his machine I talked to an engineer at the factory who said that > all their boards are "driver compatible" with AST's so yours should > work with FreeBSD too. Good to hear. It is actually listed in the list of compatible devices, so I feel quite safe. > He had the factory upgrade the board to 16550's (before I got my hands > on it) and I don't think they changed anything else on the board. His > is a newer board than your, circa 1989, yours may be harder to > integrate. It's worth a try anyway. Basically, I just compiled up a > kernel with COM_MULTIPORT and the right settings for the sio devices > and it came right up. Well, I intend doing the 16550 upgrade myself, so it should be the same effect. I do need the DIP switch settings though so I can set the right settings for the sio driver. . > You should have one more UART on the board than you describe below, > one for each serial port and the one that talks back to the PC. This > may have to be upgraded also unless they are using some other scheme > to interface with the PC. Are you sure? One of my subjects at colledge was digital electronics and I don't really see how 4 UARTS interface to 1... Enlighten me! Thanks again, Regards, Irvine Short http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html Technical Support Professional Computer Manufacturers Cape Town, South Africa Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089