From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 10 20:22:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA26968 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 20:22:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from out2.ibm.net (out2.ibm.net [165.87.194.229]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA26961 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 20:22:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mouth@ibm.net) Received: from hot1.auctionfever.com (slip129-37-53-85.ca.us.ibm.net [129.37.53.85]) by out2.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id DAA177104; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 03:21:20 GMT From: mouth@ibm.net (John Kelly) To: Ruslan Ermilov Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: sio driver question Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 03:22:49 GMT Message-ID: <343fef93.3665584@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> References: <199710101619.TAA07329@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> In-Reply-To: <199710101619.TAA07329@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.01/16.397 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id UAA26962 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 10 Oct 1997 19:19:29 +0300 (EEST), Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >I have 2 com ports on motherboard and have another board with >two com ports on it. Unfortunately the card not allows to set >me up IRQs should it use, just let me set that they will be >com3 and com4. > >Can I use my sio2,sio3 on the same IRQ as the sio0,sio1? > Not concurrently, no. See http://www.byterunner.com for some low cost multiport serial boards which are designed to allow IRQ sharing. Even with the cost of international shipping, they may still be a bargain. I think they import those boards from Taiwan or China, so perhaps you can find a closer source for them. John