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From: Thomas Schroecker <thomas>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: My newly installed BOCA is doing wired things! -> Please Help
Date: 19 Dec 1995 16:56:51 GMT
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Thomas Schroecker <thomas> wrote:
>Hi-ho all ye freebsd users...
>I've got me hands on a Boca16 and tried to install it with some weired things
>happening.  Here's the diagnoses:
>First I installed the board with IRQ3, Mem 100, recompiled the kernel
>with the following lines in my config:
>option "COM_MULTIPORT"
>
>sio4 at isa? tty flags 0x45 irq vector 3 (or something like that)
>sio5 at isa? tty flags 0x45
>etc.
eeeek...I have no idea where the rest of that went, but here is the reast:

After recompiling and installing the kernel it didn't work.
So I recompiled and set the board to IRQ 4 (even though my COM1 is IRQ 4) which
by the way can not be disabled.  Well when I rebooted it froze up immediately
so I booted with my old kernel (the one that has the boca set to IRQ 3).
Then when I booted with this kernel it all of a sudden recognized my board on
IRQ 3 (even though it was physically set to IRQ4).  So now I played arround
with it, recompiled a few times, but that's basically what it all boils down
to.  I've got a few modems on the board, and am not having any troubles.
However I am suspicous of letting FreeBSD get away with that, playing my board
on IRQ3, while its actually on 4.  Any suggestions?
I don't wanna leave it running like this (even though its working) because I"m
thinking its all gonna come crashing down on me soooon...I can just see the day 

Anyhow, letme know what y'all think

Thanks

Thomas schroecker
thomas@canadian-agra.com