Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 20:38:31 +0100 From: John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk> To: Bob Hall <rjhalljr@starpower.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting sio2 to work Message-ID: <fai4jt0k2ajiqua0743s1538v84rt3j3cq@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <v04220801b755a03585b3@[66.44.64.130]> References: <v04220801b755a03585b3@[66.44.64.130]>
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Bob Hall <rjhalljr@starpower.net> wrote: >Hi, > >I've got a Gateway Pentium II with a Promise Ultra100 controller.=20 >When I installed the modem, under Win95, it got installed on COM3.=20 >I've recently installed FreeBSD 4.3 on another partition. I've been=20 >trying to set up PPP so that I can connect to my ISP. Since sio2=3DCOM3=20 >is disabled under the GENERIC kernel, this doesn't work. I compiled a=20 >new kernal in which I made only the following changes. >1) eliminated all cpus except I686_CPU >2) changed ident from GENERIC to STAUNTON >3) enabled sio2 with the line > device sio2 at isa? port IO_COM3 irq 5 > In other words, I removed the word 'disable' from the above line. and removed the # at the start of the line, I trust. (nah; couldn't be that easy :) >The resulting kernel runs fine, but I still can't use the modem. = Entering >'dmesg | grep sio2' returns > sio2: configured irq 5 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 >Entering 'stty -f /dev/cuaa2 -a' returns > stty: /dev/cuaa2: Device not configured Proves the existence of /dev/cuaa2 though. >I've read everything I can find on modems in 'The Complete FreeBSD'=20 >by Greg Lehey 3rd edition, and all the FAQs, tutorial, and handbook=20 >articles that I can find on the FreeBSD web site. Any help you can=20 >give me will be appreciated. > Sure it's not a winmodem? http://www.grapevine.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html Did Win95 show it as using irq5? Is there a sound card involved (they often use irq5)? man ppp is a great help, when you get to that stage. John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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