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From: migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich)
Subject: Re: 8 16550 ports possible on FreeBSD 1.0 or 1.1?
References: <Cn6nFx.280@du.edu>
Organization: private FreeBSD site
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 22:49:48 GMT
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In article <Cn6nFx.280@du.edu>, Thorn Roby <troby@du.edu> wrote:
>I need to set up a FreeBSD system with 8 output-only ports, preferably
>16550's. Will 1.0 support more than 1 multiport card? Will 1.1? It seems
>that 2 of the STB 4 port cards would work. Alternatively, are any 8-port
>cards such as the Digiboard supported?

I have an 8 port card here that works well. Problem was that the
card has no masterport. You have to patch sio.c accordingly (the
patches from Bob Willcox for both FreeBSD-1.0.2 and 1.1-BETA were
posted in this group a few weeks ago).

My card is a Sphinx AD8 with 8 16450 UARTs on sockets (I'm sure
that 16550 are no problem).
I heard that FastComm 4W (4 ports) and BocaBoards BB1004, BB1008,
BB2016 (I guess 4, 8 and 16 ports) work too.

Bye,
-Michael
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Michael Giegerich             | migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org
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