From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 25 10:30:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA05521 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:30:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA05507 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:30:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA17329; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:30:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:30:33 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: keith Spencer cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding serial ports..tricky? In-Reply-To: <199711250135.LAA08108@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 25 Nov 1997, keith Spencer wrote: > I wish to add a couple of extra serial ports...my tech man says > simply put a another super I/O board in and disable the drive bits. > But he is unsure that it is that simple in FBsd UNIX. I know I'd have > to re-build the KERNEL but is the hardware addition simply as he > suggests?...any knowledge out there...Thanks Unfortunately in the FreeBSD universe you must have unique settings for those ports, which can be difficult if you have other devices installed. If you're looking to add more than two and have lots of devices installed, you may want to look into the shared IRQ serial boards. There are several cheap ones available and FreeBSD supports them nicely. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major