Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 17:54:30 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> Subject: Re: Moxa 8-port serial multiplexor, how-to Message-ID: <ade45ae90908051654o79d5f0a6s4d17154fa750d0a2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6579ba376a1ddbe9c4edc1e0d750bdc3.squirrel@email.polands.org> References: <06297f4d151cb94042e8efd01e04afdb.squirrel@email.polands.org> <20090729170409.979FF7816C@mail2.asahi-net.or.jp> <6579ba376a1ddbe9c4edc1e0d750bdc3.squirrel@email.polands.org>
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On 7/29/09, Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> wrote: > On Wed, July 29, 2009 12:04, WATANABE Kazuhiro wrote: >> >> At Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:32:52 -0500, >> Doug Poland wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I'm trying to get a Moxa Technologies C168H/PCI 8-port mux card >>> working in 7.2-RELEASE(i386). >>> >>> I've recompiled a GENERIC kernel with >>> >>> options COM_MULTIPORT >>> >>> and loaded the puc(4) module. I don't have any new ttyd? or cuad? >>> devices in /dev. >>> >>> After reading the handbook(26.2) and man puc(4), sio(4). man sio(4) >>> talks about adding /boot/device.hints but not for my particular >>> hardware. I'm at a loss on how to continue. >>> >>> Suggestions, pointers, URLs welcome. >>> >>> >> Hi. >> >> If you want to load the puc(4) driver as a loadable module, you should >> load the sio(4) or uart(4) driver module as well. But these drivers >> are included in the GENERIC kernel. So you should to remove sio(4) or >> uart(4) from the kernel and load it as a loadable module. >> >> The other solution is to builtin the puc(4) driver to the >> kernel. i.e.: >> >> sio(4) puc(4) status >> or uart(4) >> ---------------------------------------- >> module module work >> builtin builtin work >> builtin module not work <- current choice? >> module builtin not work >> ---------------------------------------- >> (module = loadable module, builtin = kernel builtin) >> >> Other modifications will not be needed for PCI multiport cards. >> > I removed devices sio and uart from my kernel, loaded them as modules > in /boot/loader.conf, and now I have 8 additional cuad? devices! > > Many thanks for your help. > > -- > Regards, > Doug Trying to help a buddy who also has a Moxa multiport serial card. He followed this thread and isn't seeing the same success Doug, can I get the following in a pastebin or in this thread? pciconf -lvvv thanks!
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