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Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 19:56:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: "Jose F. Reyes" <cdrshop@mail.caribe.net>
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Subject: Re: ARNET support
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On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Jose F. Reyes wrote:

> I have access to an ARNET Smartport serial card. The handbook and FAQ indicate
> that FreeBSD 2.1.5 supports it, but I haven't found any references to it in
> /sys/i386/conf/LINT, sio(4), or anywhere else. Can anyone give me some tips
> on how to get it working? Any help is greatly appreciated.

You'll need

options         COM_MULTIPORT           #code for some cards with shared 
IRQs

and need to set up the sio definitions. Unfortunately I don't have this.
They are in the Handbook as Section 10.4.3.2, in "PC Hardware
Compatibility".  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major