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Date:      Fri, 10 Apr 1998 10:16:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Jeremy Tillis <jeremyt1@dbtech.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: 16650 UART
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410101333.7283J-100000@java.dpcsys.com>
In-Reply-To: <352E4F34.8F2D3C74@dbtech.net>

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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Jeremy Tillis wrote:
> However, when I boot the box, it detects the serial port as a 16550A port,
> not a newer 16650 port.
> 
> How do I add support for the 16650 UART?  I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.5 RELEASE.

The sio driver has a section that tests for a Startech 16C650, its
ifdef'd out though so is not in the system by default.

I have no idea if it's safe to do so (can't be all that dangerous :)
but you could try changing the #if 0 to #if 1 in /usr/src/sys/i386/isa/sio.c
and build a new kernel.

Dan
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