From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 25 15:08:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA27432 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:08:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@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 PAA27395 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:07:50 -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 JAA22407; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 09:37:13 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA00544; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 09:37:13 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980326093712.32627@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 09:37:12 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Plamen Petkov , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My FreeBSD 2.2.2 can't find on-board serial ports sio0 and sio1 References: <351962F8.EC48E4C6@mbox.digsys.bg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <351962F8.EC48E4C6@mbox.digsys.bg>; from Plamen Petkov on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 10:03:04PM +0200 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-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 25 March 1998 at 22:03:04 +0200, Plamen Petkov wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 release... but.. at boot time kernel says >> -+-+- > sio0 not found at 0x3F8 > and > sio1 not found at 0x2F8 >> -+-+- > > YES! They are enabled ( using kernel's boot-time -c option ). > YES! They are enabled (BIOS Setup) > > Everything works fine - disks, floppy, CDROM (TEAC) > > Windows 95 (OSR2) doesn't report ANY problem with serial ports or any > other device. > > ---------- > System Configuration: > > Pentium 166 > 64MB RAM > Primary Master Disk: 3GB Quantum (UDMA): + Windows 95 > Primaty Slave Disk : 3GB Seagate (UDMA): DOS part. + FreeBSD 2.2.2 > (RELEASE) > 24x TEAC CDROM (Secondary Master) > 3.5' Floppy > > HDC/FDC, Paralel Port, 2 Serial Ports (ALL on-board) You've left out the most important piece: what kind of motherboard are you using? There is a known problem with some Intel 430TX-based motherboards, notably those from Iwill. The problem seems to be related to a specific Acer UART. I have a patch on http://www.lemis.com/serial-port-patch.html. Try that and see if it helps. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message