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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.pbi.net!news5.crl.com!nexp.crl.com!crl2.crl.com!rsw From: "Guy F. Boyd" <rsw@crl2.crl.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: SRSmodem-audio card help Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 01:52:30 -0800 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access Lines: 55 Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970315014159.5597B-100000@crl2.crl.com> References: <199703140736.XAA25725@shellx.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl2.crl.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <199703140736.XAA25725@shellx.best.com> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37086 On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Caffiene Dependent wrote: > In article <5g7v32$pcf@crl.crl.com> you wrote: > : I have an ISA bus SRS(mfr) modem/midi/audio card which came installed with > : the new Packard Bell E153 I just installed 2.1 on. It came with > : no useful documentation, has no occupied jumpers , and has as its > : most prominant devices: > > : Rockwell RCV336ACF/ SP R6749-31 /9705 B28S62-5 68 pin package > : AZTECH systems AZT2320 > : ISSI IS27HC010-45PL > > : If anyone has had luck getting 2.1 to recognize the modem on this card > : during any of the boot- time probes for devices , a brief email response > : would be appreciated. I have a feeling this board is destined for > : the spare parts bin. > : (the unoccupied jumpers are not labeled.) > : Thanks in advance. > > : Guy F. Boyd > : rsw@crl.com > > > Most likley you've already tried this... > > But the Bios or perhaps the software drivers are allocating resources for > (at least the modem..) if so, they must match woth your kernel config... > com1 = irq4, xxx I forget... those software config and pnp devices are a > bitch... Thanks for the reply. As it turns out, you were absolutely correct. Being from an ( albieit modest C programming) Macintosh ( quit laughing!;)) backgound, I was unfamiliar with the BIOS pnp/BIOS configuration options availible at boot time. The card came up quite happily at IRQ 4. This is apparently hard wired or prom burned into the card ( see no jumpers above). For those of you headed to the desoldering bench with those Plug and play cards: At boot time, before the kernel loads, select <F1> to enter the BIOS configuration menu. Navigate to BIOS/ Pnp config options. This is good supplementary information for me in the context of what most FreeBSD documentation refers to as ' supported devices'. FreeBSD rules! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Boyd rsw@crl.com Quote from my company's network admin after '#root:Permission Denied': "I'm GUMBY, Dammit!" -----------------------------------------------------------------------------