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From: paigen@forte.heathen.com (David Paigen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: internal modem sio question
Date: 26 Oct 1996 10:03:35 -0700
Organization: Forte Recreations
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Message-ID: <54tg97$4uq@forte.heathen.com>
References: <3266E9E8.5D0A@sprynet.com> <549ief$o6m@library.airnews.net> <dblizzar-2410962311150001@dd20-112.compuserve.com>
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I am hijacking Dave's post to respond to roycet...
In article <dblizzar-2410962311150001@dd20-112.compuserve.com>,
Dave Blizzard <dblizzar@sprynet.com> wrote:
>In article <549ief$o6m@library.airnews.net>, roycet@airmail.net wrote:
>
>
>> >After upgrading to freeBSD 2.1.5, the OS no longer recognizes my
>> >internal modem on any com port.
>> >I have enabled the com3 IRQ 5 sio2 and rebuilt the kernel as well as
>> >enabling the port in the boot config.
>> >I have no known IRQ conflicts and the modem works fine in dos.
>> >I notice lot's of other users with modem and sio problems in the
>> >question database. Has anyone here solved the problem ?
I used to have this problem with earlier versions of FBSD. I have
used my Zoltrix (Rockwell chipset) 28.8 modem in a 386-25 and a P75.
The kernel would not recognize the modem during boot and none of the
configuation options I changed helped.
I don't remember why, but I got the notion that it was a timing
problem. I went into the kernel code that probes for serial ports and
started adding printfs to slow things down. Eventually, I was able to
recognize the modem.
-David
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