From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 9 23:21:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id XAA17726 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 9 May 1996 23:21:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA17697 for ; Thu, 9 May 1996 23:21:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id PAA08019; Fri, 10 May 1996 15:57:40 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199605100627.PAA08019@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: multiport serial question To: cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au (Carey Nairn) Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:57:39 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Carey Nairn" at May 8, 96 10:30:50 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Carey Nairn stands accused of saying: > > Hi, > > I just installed a multiport serial card in a Pentium 75 running > 2.1-RELEASE and am getting the following errors on bootup for 3 of the ports. > > sio4: 64 events for device with no tp > sio4: 64 events for device with no tp > sio5: 64 events for device with no tp > sio5: 64 events for device with no tp > sio6: 64 events for device with no tp > sio6: 64 events for device with no tp > > The card (and all of the ports) is detected OK as this extract from dmesg > output shows: > > sio2: type 16550A (multiport) > sio3 at 0x108-0x10f flags 0x905 on isa > sio3: type 16550A (multiport) > sio4 at 0x110-0x117 flags 0x905 on isa > sio4: type 16550A (multiport) > sio5 at 0x118-0x11f flags 0x905 on isa > sio5: type 16550A (multiport) > sio6 at 0x120-0x127 flags 0x905 on isa > sio6: type 16550A (multiport) > sio7 at 0x128-0x12f flags 0x905 on isa > sio7: type 16550A (multiport) > sio8 at 0x130-0x137 flags 0x905 on isa > sio8: type 16550A (multiport) > sio9 at 0x138-0x13f irq 9 flags 0x905 on isa > sio9: type 16550A (multiport master) > > can anyone tell me what the errors mean and maybe how to fix them ? Stuff is happening on the ports before they've been opened. 4,5,6 cover the address space 0x110-0x127; it wouldn't surprise me if you had another device probing in that area crapping on the ports. What ethernet drivers do you have? > Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[