Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 12:25:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike <flaq@synwork.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem Adding Serial Port Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960804122352.1720A-100000@synwork.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960803174723.3470B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Doug White wrote: > Let me return here for a moment: > > On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Mike wrote: > > > > > > > I just bought an SIIG i/o card with dual 16550 serial ports and a parallel > > > > > > port. I already have com1 and com2 with base addresses 3f8 and 2f8 > > > > > > and IRQ's 4 and 3 respectively. I enabled ONLY com3 on the new card base > > > > > > address 3e8 and IRQ 5 and plugged it in. No matter what I try, FreeBSD > > > > > > will not see the new card. > > Have you tried using a different port address? Are you sure that the > jumper settings are correct? > > > > I guess I'd better see the dmesg and kernel configuration then. > > These check out, except for: > > > options GATEWAY > > This was deprecated in 2.1.0 and later. Use the sysconfig option instead. > > > device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr > > device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr > > device sio2 at isa? port "IO_COM3" tty irq 5 vector siointr > ^^^^^^^ > just change the marked portion to the base address and recompile. > > > I would appreciate any help you can offer! > > We're trying. > > Is there any reason you need sio2? Have you tried a different serial > card? > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > After searching the archives, this seems to be an old problem. This new card works fine on a DOS based machine. I am confident that the card itself is good and 100% positive that the jumper settings are correct. Mike ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ Syn-Work Media, Inc. | WWW Development & Hosting | Life Safety http://www.synwork.com | Systems Integration | CCTV mike@synwork.com | Voice/Data/Fiber | Access Control Flaq on IRC | Dukane Distributor | BICSI/RCDD ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~
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