Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:19:38 -0500 From: leegold <leegold@operamail.com> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: what does my dmesg say? Message-ID: <3C43022C@operamail.com>
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>===== Original Message From "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@ptavv.es.net> ===== ...snip>> >> > sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 >> > sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0 >> > sio0: type 8250 >> > sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0 >> > sio1: type 16550A >> >> sio0 is most likely your modem, but it must be an ancient one to be a >> plain 8250. You can test by running "cu -l /dev/cuaa0" and see if an >> "ATZ" gives you "OK" back. If not, try /dev/cuaa1. > >The key is the first line: >sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 > >This really means that BIOS need to be used to enable the port. Until >then, it will simply not work. Since this is an IBM computer, you may >need a DOS utility to enable the port, but my only experience with >IBMs of newer vintage than the AT is with laptops. In dos lingo I need to get com1 working? I have an isa hardware modem, I think it's jumpered for com1. In any event, whatever I have it jumpered for - I have to make sure the bios that port enabled? Is that what you're saying? Thanks > >It turns out that when the serial driver (if_sio) can't talk to the >device, it labels it as an 8250. I really, really will write a patch >to correct this soon, although it's too late to make 4.5. Sorry. > >R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer >Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) >Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) >E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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