Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 10:18:13 -0400 (EDT) From: Elliot Dierksen <ebd@oau.org> To: Tor.Egge@fast.no Cc: ebd@alfred.oau.org, support@comtrol.com, Tom.Hitchcock@comtrol.com, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RocketPort PCI/Octa/DB25 vs. FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE Message-ID: <200006171418.KAA48740@alfred.oau.org> In-Reply-To: <200006042301.BAA71367@midten.fast.no> from "Tor.Egge@fast.no" at "Jun 5, 2000 01:01:26 am"
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Quoting Tor.Egge@fast.no:
>> I have isolated the second part, but have not yet come up with a
>> resolution. The setting lock devices are not working properly
>> (cualR0, ttylR0) with regards to the baud rate. If you set the lock device
>> to zero baud, it will only let you access the device at zero baud. The
>> same holds true for 1200, 2400, etc. The initial setting of this device
>> starts at 9600 baud. I have not been able to locate a value that allows
>> you to change the baud rate of the regular callout device (cuaR0) when
>> you access it. I don't know if this problem is in rp.c or tty.c. I will
>> keep trying to find it, but I would appreciate any assistance.
>
>MAKEDEV generates incorrect minor device numbers for {cua,tty}{i,l}R0.
>Locking of control characters is broken in rp.c.
>
>I suggest the following steps:
>
> - apply the enclosed patches
> - install the updated MAKEDEV
> - recreate the RocketPort device files by running the newly
> installed MAKEDEV
> - compile a new kernel
> - install the new kernel
> - reboot the machine
> - test
>
>The standard RocketPort driver in FreeBSD has some additional problems:
>
> - Only the first PCI RocketPort card works in a machine.
> - open() might cause a kernel panic instead of returning ENXIO if
> the device doesn't exist.
This seems to address most of the problems I was having. I plan to try and move one of my
main modems to the RocketPort card this weekend. I did notice that these changes have not
made their way into 3.4-STABLE. Any idea what the hold-up is?
Thanx for your help!
EBD
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