From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 27 14: 6:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.xs4all.nl (smtp1.xs4all.nl [194.109.127.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 813E8157D2 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 14:06:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paulz@trantor.xs4all.nl) Received: from trantor.xs4all.nl (trantor.xs4all.nl [194.109.61.248]) by smtp1.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA04085 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:06:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from trantor.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by trantor.xs4all.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA00935 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:06:32 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from paulz@trantor.xs4all.nl) Message-Id: <200001272206.XAA00935@trantor.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Parallel port gone missing (extra info) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 23:06:32 +0100 From: Paul van der Zwan Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200001272152.WAA00762@trantor.xs4all.nl>, Paul van der Zwan wrote: > >I just notice my par. port is no longer detected. A kernel built on Jan 21st >fails to detect my par. port which has worked fine so far. >In /var/log/messages I get the following: > >Jan 27 22:29:53 trantor /kernel: ppc0: parallel port found at 0x3bc >Jan 27 22:29:53 trantor /kernel: ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range > >When doing a boot -v. >An older kernel booted Jan 13th showed the following : >Jan 13 21:08:47 trantor /kernel: ppc0 at port 0x3bc-0x3c3 irq 7 on isa0 >Jan 13 21:08:47 trantor /kernel: isa_compat: didn't get ports for ppc >Jan 13 21:08:47 trantor /kernel: ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode >Jan 13 21:08:47 trantor /kernel: lpt0: on ppbus0 >Jan 13 21:08:47 trantor /kernel: lpt0: Interrupt-driven port > >Rebooting the older kernel brings back my port so I doubt it's a hardware >problem. Any hints on tracing the reason for it not being detected ?? > Some extra info , the MB is a Chaintech 5TDM2, changing biossettings from EPP to ECP/EPP does not help. Paul -- Paul van der Zwan paulz @ trantor.xs4all.nl "I think I'll move to theory, everything works in theory..." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message