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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!math.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!bigbang.astro.indiana.edu!pitts From: pitts@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (Jim Pitts) Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] sio doesn't work Message-ID: <CG8Dt1.K0s@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> Sender: news@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: bigbang.astro.indiana.edu Organization: Indiana University Astrophysics, Bloomington, IN References: <SWILDNER.93Nov9014125@channelz.GUN.de> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1993 15:31:49 GMT Lines: 31 In article <SWILDNER.93Nov9014125@channelz.GUN.de> swildner@channelz.GUN.de (Sascha Wildner) writes: >For some strange reason, FreeBSD (all versions) sio drivers don't work >here. I had them working under 386BSD pk 0.2.4. Here's what happens >when I configure sios and try to place a uucp call via modem: > I have to totally disagree with this statement. I use the sio drivers in FreeBSD -HEAVILY- and have never had the slightest problem with them. They worked 'out of the box'. >The modem dials and makes a connection, but as soon as data comes in >(after CONNECT message), the system stops recognizing incoming data. >When I use cu to establish a connection to my feed, I can send data >(hit the RETURN key, for example) and my feed responds (the modem RXD >LED blinks), but somehow the data doesn't "come through". No, I don't >have 16550 chips but as I said, it worked very fine under 386BSD >pk 0.2.4. You should still work w/o the 16550. Mine did before I got my hot new IO card. I would be sure to check and me sure that the stty parameters for the device are set up correctly. Like I said, the stuff worked out of the box for me in -all- versions of FreeBSD (GAMMA,EPSILON,RELEASE). > >I'm currently using the com drivers which is a bit annoying. > Man, you are not kidding there. They blow chunks (the com drivers). Great if you want to do nothing else. Yeah, yeah, yeah ... don't argue with me people ... it's just my opinion, not even work .02. Jim