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Date:      Mon, 13 Oct 1997 09:01:41 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Serial Ports' IRQ and ports.
Message-ID:  <19971013090141.09693@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971012145501.4878B-100000@michelle.esfm.ipn.mx>; from Eduardo Viruena Silva on Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 03:12:09PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971012145501.4878B-100000@michelle.esfm.ipn.mx>

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On Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 03:12:09PM -0500, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote:
>
> Hello there.
>
> I have a doubt about serial ports IRQs.
>
> Serial Ports are configurated according to the following table:
>
> 	FreeBSD	MS-DOS	io-address  MS-DOS's IRQ
> 	sio0	com1	0x3f8 		4
> 	sio1	com2	0x2f8		3
> 	sio2	com3	0x3e8		4
> 	sio3	com4	0x2e8		3
>
> But using the same IRQ for ports 0 & 2  or 2 & 3 causes kernel
> configuration utility displays:   "CONF" warning.
>
> Can the interrupt service routines distinguish which port is requiring
> attention if I give the configuration in the table to the serial
> ports ?

No.

> Do I have to specify a different IRQ level for each port ?

Yes.  It's not just a question of specifying an IRQ, you also have to
set the boards accordingly.

Greg



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