From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 12 00:07:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA09105 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:07:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@mindbender.headcandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA09100 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:07:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA04083; Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:06:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199607120706.AAA04083@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Tom Samplonius cc: Thomas Graichen , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sio / modem problems In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 11 Jul 96 14:38:12 -0700. Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:06:29 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >On Thu, 11 Jul 1996, Thomas Graichen wrote: >> i have an internal creatix phone-master modem - which will be detected in >> FreeBSD 2.0.5 but not in the 2.1.0 RELEASE or the march 2.2 snap - it's >> configured for irq 2 and comport 4 (2e8) - i tried to hack the sioprobe > You shouldn't put devices on irq 2, as it is used to cascade irqs 8 >through 15 > irq is only safe on a XT, which has only one irq controller. Any decent AT motherboard will cascade IRQ 2 to IRQ 9. Just be aware that IRQ 2 on the peripheral really shows up as IRQ 9 to the OS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------