From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 15 14:31:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA17128 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:31:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA16943 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:29:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA12153; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:26:51 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803152226.OAA12153@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Dan Ontanu cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A problem with serial ports. In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 15 Mar 1998 18:09:56 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 14:26:49 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have a boot floppy for FreeBSD 2.2.5. The probe program doesn't see the > serial ports sio0 and sio1 (at 3f8 irq 4 and 2f8 irq 3, respectively). > These are the correct settings, for sure. No other serial ports are > installed. The mainboard is a very new one > (at least here in Romania) i430 TX based (or inspired...). This wouldn't happen to be an Iwill board, perhaps using an Acer multi-I/O device, hmm? If this is the case, then you will need a patch for the 'sio' driver, available from Greg Lehey's page (http://www.lemis.com/). This UART appears to have some serious behavioural disorders, and the sio probe is extremely severe about the port working correctly. (In the current context, this is perhaps a little foolish...) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message