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Date:      11 Jun 2004 08:51:27 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.10 RELEASE questions
Message-ID:  <444qpi5kc0.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040610015514.GA734@keyslapper.org>
References:  <20040610015514.GA734@keyslapper.org>

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Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org> writes:

> Hey everyone.  I have a confusing situation here with the new kernel.
> 
> I just upgraded to 4.10, and in the process, decided to get a
> moderately updated kernel config.  Particularly, I wanted to try to
> get my sound working again.
> 
> Here's the thing.  I have the following lines in my kernel config:
> device          pcm
> 
> # Serial (COM) ports
> device          sio0    at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4
> device          sio1    at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3
> device          sio2    at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq 5
> device          sio3    at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq 9
> 
> options         PNPBIOS
> 
> You'll see the reason I've included the serials in a sec:
> 
> The dmesg.boot file shows the following tidbits:
> pci0: <unknown card> (vendor=0x12eb, dev=0x0001) at 14.0 irq 5
> 
> and
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 16550A
> sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
> sio1: type 16550A
> 
> and
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources
> unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources
> unknown: <PNP0401> can't assign resources
> unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources
> unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources
> unknown: <PNP0000> can't assign resources
> unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources
> 
> Now, The serials that showed up appear correct to me, but there isn't
> any sio2 or sio3, but the unknown card at pci0 is in on 5.  Not sure
> if there's any connection.
> 
> The things I'd like to resolve are the unknowns - to either correct or
> eliminate the things causing them, and to get the sound card showing
> up.  The card is onboard in a Dell Optiplex G1, and before the last
> time I upgraded (thereby breaking sound) it was working fine with the
> aureal-kmod port.
> 
> Problem is that I'm not sure if I should have the following:
> 
> device          pcm0 at isa? irq 10 drq 1 flags 0x0
> 
> Note that my fxp0 is using irq 10.  Should I just change the irq?
> Should I leave it and/or the PNPBIOS line out?
> 
> I'm sure there's some pertinent details I'm leaving out, so don't
> hesitate to let me know what it is.
> 
> Thanks for the feedback.

Do you *want* to use the extra serial ports?  You are compiling them
disabled, after all.  If you don't want them, try compiling a kernel
that doesn't have them, and see what happens...



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