From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 04:32:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90A18106566C for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:32:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAC1A8FC12 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:32:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (ppp121-45-145-12.lns11.adl6.internode.on.net [121.45.145.12]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2T4WjX0027904 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:02:45 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:02:32 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <20080329035131.GA85119@FS.denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <20080329035131.GA85119@FS.denninger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1632517.ijkG6FCm9v"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200803291502.40137.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -2.212 () BAYES_00,RDNS_DYNAMIC X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 203.31.81.10 Cc: Karl Denninger Subject: Re: Generic 2-port PCI Express Serial Card - how to get recognized? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:32:53 -0000 --nextPart1632517.ijkG6FCm9v Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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=20 recompile your kernel because it is not in GENERIC and not available as=20 a module. Look at /usr/src/sys/dev/puc/pucdata.c for a list of vendor/device IDs=20 (and add yours if it isn't there). =2D-=20 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 --nextPart1632517.ijkG6FCm9v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBH7cZn5ZPcIHs/zowRAqnnAKCQedVAn4QEVs/MNHjJFDTeRGpqVgCfRtjg 0ZmvDoMJgRKQRekvFIy4r6I= =9l04 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1632517.ijkG6FCm9v--