Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 16:38:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com> To: davidh@apdata.com.au Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Toshiba 300CDS Message-ID: <XFMail.980808163858.dburr@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980809012302.davidh@snowflake.apdata.com.au>
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My secret spy satellite informs me that on 08-Aug-98, David Hunt wrote: > Hi all > > I have a Toshiba 300CDS Laptop that has a weird problem, the BIOS has > the > serial port setup for 0x3f8 irq 4, with a default install of > 2.2.6-RELEASE this > device is not picked up, it does work under Win 95 ok. This is a well-known problem, and it involves a "broken" I/O controller on your notebook's motherboard. Some controllers are "broken" in that they do not probe correctly. This problem, by the way, also occurs on some motherboards, e.g. the IWill boards, that have similarly "broken" I/O controllers. For a fix, please see: http://www.lemis.com/serial-port-patch.html These contain a set of kernel patches for both 2.2.x and 3.0 systems (don't worry, they are extremely easy to apply). Simply patch and rebuild your kernel, and your ports should be A-OK. --- Donald Burr <dburr@pobox.com> *NEW EMAIL ADDRESS!* | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. >>FreeBSD - Turning PCs into Workstations - http://www.freebsd.org/<<; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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