From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jun 19 06:49:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA14104 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 06:49:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kryten.nina.com (dyn049-gnv.51.fdt.net [205.229.51.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA14095 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 06:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from frankd@localhost) by Kryten.nina.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id JAA15622; Wed, 19 Jun 1996 09:43:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 09:43:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer X-Sender: frankd@Kryten.nina.com To: Chris Lavin cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Si2 and 3 In-Reply-To: <199606191259.IAA01311@only.justcompute.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Chris Lavin wrote: > My system isn't recognizing com3 or 4 when it boots up it says it searches > the ports but finds nuttin on 3 or 4 ttyd2 or 3..Any ideas as to why this > may be? > > > Thanx > Chris Maybe you don't have sio2 or sio3? If you do have 4 serial ports, look in your kernel config file for the addresses and IRQ's that the kernel is looking for. These do _not_ comply with what DOS looks for. DOS will allow com1 and com3 to share an IRQ as well as com2 and com4. In FBSD, all serial ports must have a unique IRQ. Frank -- Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a draft dodger sleeps in the White House.