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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!tesuque.cs.sandia.gov!mustang.mst6.lanl.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!news.cerf.net!mvb.saic.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!heifetz.msen.com!cybernet.com!root From: root@cybernet.com (Mark Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.1.5 and sio1 (Seems like a bug) Date: 24 Aug 1994 14:18:30 GMT Organization: Cybernet Systems, Inc. Lines: 35 Distribution: world Message-ID: <33fkrm$54r$1@heifetz.msen.com> References: <3309ds$5sn@nyx.cs.du.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.245.33.55 Keywords: sio driver freebsd In article <3309ds$5sn@nyx.cs.du.edu>, jcroall@nyx.cs.du.edu (James Croall) writes: |> I'm been trying for a couple days to figure this out, maybe someone here |> can help me (I really want to get FreeBSD up and running right): |> |> I have an internal modem (0x2f8 (COM2), IRQ 3, with a 16450 UART). This |> works perfectly fine under MS-DOS, SCO Unix, and Linux. But FreeBSD |> dosen't want to recognize it. My kernel config file's sio1 line looks like: |> |> device sio1 at isa? port 0x2f8 tty irq 3 vector siointr add "flags 0x0080" and post what it says: device sio1 at isa? port 0x2f8 tty flags 0x0080 irq 3 vector siointr During probe, you will probably get "sio1: probe test N failed" It will tell you which of the several tests fail. Then look at /sys/i386/isa/sio.c and see what part of the probe code caused it. |> |> That looks fine to mee, but I might have missed something. Anyway, on boot |> it finds sio0 just fine, but then says "sio1 not found at 0x2f8". |> |> I do have the motherboard's (IO card) COM2 disabled. |> |> |> -- |> James B. Croall - jcroall@tjhsst.edu |> ___ jcroall@nyx10.cs.du.edu |> (o o) http://nyx10.cs.du.edu:8001/~jcroall/home.html |> ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--------------------------------------------------------------- -Mark Taylor mtaylor@cybernet.com