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From: paigen@shellx.best.com (David Paigen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD Modem/16550 code
Date: 16 Nov 1995 07:43:49 -0800
Organization: Forte Computer Systems, Brisbane CA
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shad@iastate.edu (Marcus I. Ryan) writes:
>I used to run FreeBSD 2.0-RELEASE at home. Recently I upgraded there the
>latest 2.1 snapshot, but it wouldn't see my modem. I then tried 2.0.5-RELEASE
>and it wouldn't see it either. I have now tried it with that and other modems
>on several different brands and configurations of computers. I've essentially
>narrowed it down to the Zoom VFP 28.8 internal modem (V.FC).
I have had similar problems with my internal modem. I fixed it by
adding some printfs to sioprobe() in sio.c. I think the kernel looks
for signals from the modem before the modem has had time to assert
them.
Anyway, mail me for my modified sio.c
-David
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