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From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>
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To: Jim Pazarena <freebsd@ccstores.com>
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Subject: Re: accessing sio0 programatically
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Jim Pazarena wrote:

> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 23:19:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jim Pazarena <freebsd@ccstores.com>
> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: accessing sio0 programatically
>
> When my machine boots (4.3) both the hardware acknowledges
> that there is a com1 port, and the kernel does with the following
> message:
> /kernel: sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irg 4 flags 0x10 on isa
> /kernel: sio0: type 16550A
>
> This all looks great.
>
> I have a program however which talks to a device plugged into
> Com1, and it isn't able to speak to it.
There is a program called ppp , which is built into FreeBSD
and can talk very well to your modem. You should try that
first. If all you you want to do is to connect to your ISP
you will find everything you need in
# man ppp

Uli.

>
> I need to supply the program with the device name,
> so I've tried:  /dev/cuaa0  _and_  /dev/ttyd0
>
> Neither of which function.
>
> Is there another name I can reference the port by?
> one that isn't tied to "callout mode" or "callin mode"?
>
> --
> Jim Pazarena        mailto:paz@qcislands.net
>                     http://www.qcislands.net/paz
>
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