Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 22:58:35 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Drew Derbyshire <ahd@kew.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: access to SIO port freezes FreeBSD 2.2.1 Message-ID: <199707140458.WAA18892@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199707132321.TAA01158@pandora.hh.kew.com> References: <199707132321.TAA01158@pandora.hh.kew.com>
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> Due to a "little" accident with athena (why in hell I give myself > root password, I don't know, but it's another story anyway), I > needed to put the modems into pandora. So I disable the internal > dumb ports, move the FIFO UART's to COM1/COM2, and put the modems > in at COM3/COM4, IRQ 5 and regen the kernel, and system comes up > fine. You have both UART's sharing the same IRQ? This is *bad* news, and can cause all sorts of problems. Also, some 'internal' serial ports claim to allow themselves to be disabled, but in reality the electronics are still hooked up. Nate
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