Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 21:44:51 +0000 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=DEor=F0ur?= Ivarsson <totii@est.is> To: Wyatt Nordstrom <wyattn@nortel.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: help - BSD not recognizing serial ports Message-ID: <34734C8E.167EB0E7@est.is> References: <199711191758.JAA05149@hub.freebsd.org>
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Wyatt Nordstrom wrote: > > I am a newkid when it comes to BSD. I am installing BSD 2.2 on a second partition. > I am able to boot and login as root or any other of the user names which have been > set up. The problem is that my configuration does not recognize the serial ports. > I am convinced that this is a controller problem. I have searched the FAQs without > finding anything relevent to my particular problem. > > the output of "dmesg | grep sio" is > sio0 not found at 0x3f8 > sio1 not found at 0x2f8 > sio2 disabled, not probed > sio3 disabled, not probed > > The GENERIC config file is set too > device sio0 at isa? port "IO_COM1" tty irq 4 vector siointr > device sio1 at isa? port "IO_COM2" tty irq 3 vector siointr > device sio2 at isa? port "IO_COM3" tty irq 5 vector siointr > device sio3 at isa? port "IO_COM4" tty irq 9 vector siointr > > I have a Amptron PM9200 i430TX mainboard. The following excerpts are from the mainboard doc > onboard super multi-I/O chip supports 2-serial ports with 16550 fast UART > compatable ... > and > Two High Speed Serial Ports (16550 UART Compatible) > This is all I could find out about the serial controller. I have a request in for more > documentation to Amptron, but I have not heard anything yet. > > I have used the W95 partition to verify that com1 and com2 are at 0x3f8 and > 0x2f8. As for the IRQ, I have no clue. This is the only documentation I could > find which seemed relevent. > > I have checked the serial port configuration against several people with BSD > installed and we appear to have the same entries. Furthmore the FAQ provided > me with the default serial settings, and it appears that I have the default settings. > > The question is what am I missing. I am at wits end. I believe the controller on > the mainboard is either not recognized, or requires special settings. Is it > possible to use this configuration? If not I would really appreciate info on the best > way to proceed(probably purchasing and configuring a controller card). I would prefer to > make the current configuration work if possible. > > Thanks for any assistance. > - Wyatt If your bios setup has PNP/PCI - ISA setup for IRQ, set interrupts to ISA -- Þórður Ívarsson Thordur Ivarsson Rafeindavirki Electronic technician Norðurgötu 30 Nordurgotu 30 Box 309 Box 309 602 Akureyri 602 Akureyri Ísland Iceland --------------------------------------------- FreeBSD has good features, Some others are full of unwanted features! ---------------------------------------------
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