Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 04:21:34 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'Alejandro Ramirez' <ales@megared.net.mx>, bcohen@bpecreative.com, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: PnP Modem Question Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D74@site2s1>
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You're kidding me, right? He said it was being enabled at boot time. The problem is that the actual device nodes are called /dev/cuaaX where X is the device number In his case he needs to be accessing /dev/cuaa4 not /dev/sio4. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Alejandro Ramirez [SMTP:ales@megared.net.mx] > Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:04 PM > To: bcohen@bpecreative.com; freebsd-questions > Subject: RE: PnP Modem Question > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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