From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 15 16:12:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA07660 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 16:12:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA07593 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 16:11:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA06964; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:40:53 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id KAA23677; Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:40:53 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980316104052.41349@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:40:52 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith , Dan Ontanu Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A problem with serial ports. References: <199803152226.OAA12153@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199803152226.OAA12153@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Sun, Mar 15, 1998 at 02:26:49PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 15 March 1998 at 14:26:49 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> 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/). Try http://www.lemis.com/serial-port-patch.html. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message