Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 21:01:34 -0800 (PST) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Warner's PCI Modem Driver Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10001262057370.17231-100000@saul2.u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <200001270208.TAA00717@harmony.village.org>
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote: >In message <Pine.OSF.4.10.10001261139530.31609-100000@saul4.u.washington.edu> "Jason C. Wells" writes: >: sio0: <Generic communications device, maybe winmodem> rev 0x08 int a irq >: 9 on pci0.18.0 >: sio2: pci sio unit 0 moved to sio2 at 0x6100 >: sio2: pci unit 0 probe failed >: >: I am told that the modem is not a winmodem, but I don't know how to tell >: by looking at it. The modem is a Phoebe. The documentation for it is >: sparse. > >You may be being lied to, imho. :-) The probe failed means that it was >unable to talk to it even as a 8250. So it turns out. My friend turned me on to a linux site that list the braindead modems. Mine was on the list. The guy at the shop said, "That's stragne. I have a policy against carrying win-modems. Apparently, there was some lack of indication that it was a winmodem. He then assumed it wasnt a winmodem. >: It would seem to me that my device is configured except that pesky >: "probe failed" message. Is my PCI modem working? What am I missing? >: Should I move my sio device numbers around so that the PCI modem doesn't >: get moved to sio2? > >No. > >That the modem likely isn't a pci controller based modem. > >No. The pci code does that on its own and will always do that. > >How much did you pay for this board? If it is < $80 then you likely >have a winmodem. Or at least a controllerless modem. Also, what >chipset does it use? Conexant R56D/fooPCI >Relax. You've done nothing wrong. I have seen Jordan climb in a couple people shorts with a hot poker on a couple occasions. When I get a good connection I'll be back! Thank you Mr. Losh, Jason C. Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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