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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:45:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "A.E." <slipry@direct.ca>
Cc:        questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: sio2 not detected at 0x3e8
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971027184500.13740I-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <34544C98.A7CF7C9@direct.ca>

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On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, A.E. wrote:

> sio2 with flags 0x80:
> 
> sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on isa
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa
> sio1: type 16550A
> sio2: probe test 0 failed
> sio2: probe test 1 failed
> sio2: probe test 2 failed
> sio2: probe test 3 failed
> sio2: probe test 4 failed
> sio2: probe test 6 failed
> sio2: probe test 7 failed
> sio2: probe test 9 failed
> sio2 not found at 0x3e8
> 
> What do these test for?

The tests make sure that the device really is a serial device.  Apparently
the device at 0x3e8 fails horribly, so it probably isn't a real serial
device, or does not properly emulate a serial device.  If it's plug&pray,
it may need to be initialized.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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