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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!philapd!apdnews!spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl!wilko From: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl (Wilko Bulte) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Subject: Re: Working bidir support for sio driver? Message-ID: <wilko.743888757@spoetnix.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 28 Jul 93 19:45:57 GMT References: <1993Jul27.045051.215@k8lt.ampr.org> Sender: news@idca.tds.philips.nl Lines: 29 glg@k8lt.ampr.org (Gary L. Grebus) writes: >Does anyone have patches that fix the patchkit 0.2.4 sio driver to actually >work in bidirectional mode? The cgd bidir com driver worked reliably >at patchkit 0.2.2. Since that driver didn't seem to work at pk 0.2.4, >I've tried to use the "official" driver, without much success. The problems >include: > > No ports at all seen with an AST/4 board installed (Wilko Bulte's patch > fixed this, but why is the probe routine less robust than it > used to be?) You are right about the robustness of course. I unfortunately do not have enough docs on the AST/4 to invent(?) something fool proof. I personally prefer a device to be found when I am _sure_ I have it at a certain address / intr. Obnoxious drivers that ignore my board are worse IMHO. >> Is there any resolution on the sio driver's 'quality' >> for the upcoming FreeBSD release? Wilko -- | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte mail: wilko@idca.tds.philips.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| Equipment Corporation voice: +3155-432062 fax: +3155-432103 DTN: 829 2062 PO Box 245 - 7300 AE Apeldoorn - The Netherlands