Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 13:41:09 +0200 From: "GDB" <g-d-b@freegates.be> To: "John G Ineson" <john@ineson.net> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PPP / chat script problems: PART IV: A NEW HOPE Message-ID: <000501bffbad$69b75600$781223d4@gdb> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007310412490.29168-100000@acid.ineson.net>
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Thanks for the advice. I - temporarely - removed FreeBSD :-) and I'm working on other things right now. But I'm gonna try some things when I've got the time. ----- Original Message ----- From: John G Ineson <john@ineson.net> To: <g-d-b@freegates.be> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 5:15 AM Subject: Re: PPP / chat script problems: PART IV: A NEW HOPE > On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:03:32 GMT, "GDB" <g-d-b@freegates.be> wrote: > > >No, doesn't work. The command ATE1 means "enable command echo". In ppp, > >after <term>, I can type in commands, but the commands aren't echoed. For > >example, when I type in AT<enter>, in reality, it goes like this: > > > >step what I type what appears on screen > >1. A > >2. T A > >3. <enter> AT > >4. <enter> OK > > Sometimes a device wants to send information (in this case echoing > your commands and OKs) to the CPU. The obvious approach is to > repeatedly poll the device, but that could be problematic, say if you > wanted to use your CPU for anything else 8-) > > Since most people do have other jobs in mind, computers use > interrupts - little "Oi!" messages that devices can send to the > CPU. You are observing a delay because the interrupt mechanism is > not working - consequentially, the CPU doesn't receive any waiting > bytes until it talks to the device to send the next char. > > >... > >sio3: configured irq 9 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > > Et voila - the CPU is listening on one IRQ and the modem is sending > stuff to another. > > >sio3 at 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 9 on isa > >... > > > >Is that ok? > > No. Your modem is not on IRQ 9. Find out what it is on, boot -c and > adjust the sio3 IRQ setting accordingly. > > HTH > > J > > -- > John G Ineson - john@ineson.net > (The Real Kilduc) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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