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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!wupost!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!brian Subject: Re: [NetBSD] ksrc08, not configured for slip? Distribution: world References: <C9IExs.17r@veda.is> Organization: tp Reply-To: Brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.21) Lines: 34 Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1993 19:01:30 +0000 Message-ID: <741898890snz@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk In article <C9IExs.17r@veda.is> adam@veda.is writes: >brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) writes: > >>This works on standard kernels, although I still have slio overflows after >>installing the 2.4.3 patch-kit. Is there a new device in this patch-kit ? > >Yes, if you RTFM you will find that there is a new device 'sio' which is >on all counts better than the old 'com' driver. What it does not say in the >stuff with the patchkit is that it expects to be major device number 28 but >there is a strong hint in /dev/MAKEDEV. Actually the documentation with the >patch suggests major device number 8, but this seems to be out of date. > >The new serial driver is great, in addition to being faster it also fixes >the sigHUP problem and the 7E1 problem. At last a serial port that behaves >like a serial port. > Ok, I'm reading this, and I've already figured out about the sio? device. Sorry for wasting everyones time. Works like a dream.... except.... comcontrol now gives me 'inappropriate ioctl' messages. I havn't looked into it yet, but I'm running concontrol /dev/com00 bidir concontrol /dev/com01 bidir in /etc/rc.local with configured and working sio[01] devices, and 'mkdev com0[01] c 28 [01]' /dev entries. Any suggestions ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>