Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 10:45:56 GMT From: Scott Mitchell <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> To: Robert Jackson <d055633c@dc.seflin.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PnP 4 BSD Message-ID: <199803231045.KAA00672@hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <96751469@toto.iv>
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Robert Jackson said: >I also have a PnP modem (SupraFax 33.6) and to install it under BSD I >just had to set up the next COM port. i.e. I have COM 1 and 2 on a board >in my cpu.The modem then comes up and creates COM 3, BUT it's at IRQ 5. >Just enable COM 3 under the visual config boot, and it should work >(assuming of course that you have only 2 COM ports.) FreeBSD doesn't seem >to work with com ports that share IRQ's (Like if you were to have 2 I/O >boards [COM1, irq4;COM2, irq3;COM3, irq 4;COM4, irq 3]) If all else fails >you could check under WinBLOWS device manager and check out the resource >list for the modem, then configure FreeBSD to comply. And if your motherboard has broken or nonexistent PnP support you will also need to install the PnP kernel patch from <http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD.html>; and use the boot config program to actually map the card onto that third sio port. HTH, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0xE8A64271 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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