Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 19:04:11 -0600 From: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx> To: <bcohen@bpecreative.com>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: PnP Modem Question Message-ID: <002701bf2d72$fefa4740$fba3f9cf@megared.net.mx> References: <002301bf2d65$3f6650c0$0100a8c0@mojomatic>
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Hi,
Llike I told you, you will have to enable the sio4 in your kernel with
the appropriate IO addresses and IRQ, and rebuild your kernel, you will have
the sio4 probing at boot time.
P.S. Forget the MAKEDEV part, you are right.
Have Fun...
Ales
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Cohen <bcohen@bpecreative.com>
To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Alejandro Ramirez
<ales@megared.net.mx>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: PnP Modem Question
> > after that, so if your modem isnt a winmodem, you
> > will have to enable the
> > sio4 in your kernel with the appropriate IO
> > addresses and IRQ, and create the
> > apropiate device node in /dev with "./MAKEDEV
> > sio4" command.
>
> Thanks Ales. I understood the the analogs between sioX and
> comX. And I understood that I needed to add or enable sio4
> in the kernel. What I'm not sure about is how one adds the
> device.
>
> I tried performing ./MAKEDEV sio4 in the /dev directory and
> BSD responds with "no such device name." I then consulted
> THE COMPLETE FREEBSD on the subject of MAKEDEV. Table 13-4
> Parameters for MAKEDEV doesn't specify sio as a device. The
> closest device that looks like it might be what I'm looking
> for is labeled "tty*" Is that what I want? The asterisk is
> a place holder for the number of general serial ports. If
> not how does one add an additional sioX port to the kernel?
> Do I have to build a custom kernel? Or is there some other
> way?
>
> Bob
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