Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:02:32 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> Subject: Re: Generic 2-port PCI Express Serial Card - how to get recognized? Message-ID: <200803291502.40137.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20080329035131.GA85119@FS.denninger.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, 29 Mar 2008, Karl Denninger wrote: > Hi folks; > > I have a "generic" PCI Express "dumb" (16550 allegedly) serial card > that goes in a PCI Express slot. > > FreeBSD doesn't see it, which I assume has to do with the card's > "vendor ID" not being in the table that FreeBSD reocognizes. > > How do I get the ID from the probe (and/or probe the bus when the > machine is running?) - I assume I could add the vendor ID to the > sio_pci.c module and it MIGHT work, yes? > > It doesn't have a specific brand and documentation is basically > "zilch"; I figured it might work right out of the box, but so far, no > joy. Have you tried loading puc? Unfortunately I think you will need to recompile your kernel because it is not in GENERIC and not available as a module. Look at /usr/src/sys/dev/puc/pucdata.c for a list of vendor/device IDs (and add yours if it isn't there). -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBH7cZn5ZPcIHs/zowRAqnnAKCQedVAn4QEVs/MNHjJFDTeRGpqVgCfRtjg 0ZmvDoMJgRKQRekvFIy4r6I= =9l04 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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