Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 18:16:20 +1030 (CST) From: Matt Baker <matt@portal.net.au> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: VScom Pro 800 multiport card config Message-ID: <199803030746.SAA01411@portal.net.au>
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Hopefully this might help someone else out. Recently my supplier supplied a VScom 800 PRO 8 port serial card in place of the usual TC-800 card that I usually use. The VScom card is a short length ISA card and comes with a fan out cable to the RS232 ports. It uses PLCC 16550 UARTS (4 mounted on each side of the board). Configuration of the card is not done via the normal jumpers usually found on multi-i/o cards, but via a software setup disk with details stored into nvram. The card supports a couple of different modes, one being a BOCA clone, the other an AST compatable mode. After playing around with the card I have come up with the following config that works. AST mode --------- Use the cardconf utility on the setup disk under dos to configure the card. I used the following settings. Port 1 0180H IRQ 7 Standard speed Port 2 0188H IRQ 7 Standard speed Port 3 0190H IRQ 7 Standard speed Port 4 0198H IRQ 7 Standard speed Port 5 01A0H IRQ 7 Standard speed Port 6 01A8H IRQ 7 Standard speed Port 7 01B0H IRQ 7 Standard speed Port 8 01B8H IRQ 7 Standard speed IRQ vector 01BFH Then set the following into the kernel: OPTIONS "COM_MULTIPORT" device sio4 at isa? port 0x180 tty flags 0xb01 irq 7 vector siointr device sio5 at isa? port 0x188 tty flags 0xb01 device sio6 at isa? port 0x190 tty flags 0xb01 device sio7 at isa? port 0x198 tty flags 0xb01 device sio8 at isa? port 0x1a0 tty flags 0xb01 device sio9 at isa? port 0x1a8 tty flags 0xb01 device sio10 at isa? port 0x1b0 tty flags 0xb01 device sio11 at isa? port 0x1b8 tty flags 0xb01 BOCA mode --------- The BOCA mode also works. just set the IRQ vector to disabled, and set the flags to 0xb05 Drop me an email if you have problems. Matt. ---------------- matt baker matt@portal.net.au Portal.Net Adelaide, South Australia. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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