Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 08:23:36 -0500 From: "Eric L. Hernes" <erich@lodgenet.com> To: Oleg N Panashchenko <helg@tav.kiev.ua> Cc: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass), freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DigiBoard driver: How to use with X/em? Message-ID: <199607291323.IAA01891@jake.lodgenet.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Jul 1996 15:07:33 %2B0300." <199607291207.PAA05460@tav.kiev.ua>
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Oleg N Panashchenko writes: >brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) wrote: > >: I have here a brand-spanking-new DigiBoard PC/Xem intelligent serial >: card, plus a cable and a box with 16 RS-232 connectors. However, I can't >: seem to get them working with the FreeBSD DigiBoard driver. When I build >: and boot from a kernel with the dgb driver installed, I get: > >: dgb0: PC/Xi 512K >: dgb0 at 0x204-0x207 maddr 0xfc0000 msize 524288 on isa >: dgb0: 2nd reset failed > >: and the ports don't work. It looks as if the card is recognized; however, >: the second message suggests a hardware problem. > >Does anybody have any docs or poiters to them about difference between >PC/Xe and PC/Xem models? If these models are not too different, I can >try to modify driver to make it working with PC/Xem. > Its been a while since I've looked at these, but from what I remember, I think the Xem series is a MIPS (R3000?) based critter, whereas the Xe series is Intel 80186 based. It'd at least be different bios/cook stuff. I think Digi even distributes different drivers for the two under their supported platforms. :( >Oleg > > eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com http://rrnet.com/~erich erich@rrnet.com
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