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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: haroldr@earthlink.net (Harold) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus Subject: Re: Problem with com ports on ASUS P55T2P4 (solution) Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 18:49:10 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Lines: 35 Message-ID: <327ce91f.5601052@news.earthlink.net> References: <5513ro$2i8@bpeters.uucp> <558fep$18l@adv.IAEhv.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: cust117.max3.new-orleans.la.ms.uu.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99f/32.299 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:30517 alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:27308 devet@adv.IAEhv.nl (Arjan de Vet) wrote: >In article <5513ro$2i8@bpeters.uucp>, >Bruce Peterson <peterson@mail.cyberoptics.com> wrote: > >>I just purchased an ASUS P55T2P4 motherboard (P120) for use with FreeBSD >>2.1.5. I connected my modem (28.8kbps, 38400 dte) to a com port on the >>motherboard, but uucp gave up about 100k into each call, with an error >>message saying "Too many protocol 'i' errors." The received packets arrive snip >>Is there a known problem with the UART design on this motherboard, or >>could this be a defective unit? > >Yes, I had exactly the same. The following kernel patch for >sys/i386/isa/sio.c fixes it. > >Arjan > patch snipped > Hey, this is serious. I have the same board on a second computer which I use through a network card. I checked floppy access this morning and am having trouble. Never noticed it before. My modem is an old 14.4 ISA card which works OK, and I have never tested the serial ports! other than in using a mouse (which works OK). Does ASUS acknowledge this problem on one of their web sites? I missed it if they do. I'm not a newbie, but I'm not familiar with a kernel patch either. I know a lot of us would appreciate some help in installing it. Thanks for any further assistance you can give. Harold