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Date:      Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:02:14 -0500
From:      "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, "Karl Denninger" <karl@denninger.net>
Subject:   Re: Generic 2-port PCI Express Serial Card - how to get recognized?
Message-ID:  <790a9fff0803290402r29eb67a7s5cc89a1257bf7461@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20080329035131.GA85119@FS.denninger.net>
References:  <20080329035131.GA85119@FS.denninger.net>

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On 3/28/08, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote:
> Hi folks;
>
>  I have a "generic" PCI Express "dumb" (16550 allegedly) serial card that
>  goes in a PCI Express slot.
>
>  FreeBSD doesn't see it, which I assume has to do with the card's "vendor ID"
>  not being in the table that FreeBSD reocognizes.
>
>  How do I get the ID from the probe (and/or probe the bus when the machine is
>  running?) - I assume I could add the vendor ID to the sio_pci.c module
>  and it MIGHT work, yes?
>
>  It doesn't have a specific brand and documentation is basically "zilch"; I
>  figured it might work right out of the box, but so far, no joy.
>
>  Thanks in advance!
>
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