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From: wollman@sadye (Garrett Wollman)
Subject: Re: 386BSD - 8250 com ports
Message-ID: <1992Jul24.004516.6295@uvm.edu>
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Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility
References: <1992Jul23.125510.4250@ulrik.uio.no>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 00:45:16 GMT
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In article <1992Jul23.125510.4250@ulrik.uio.no> toreh@bootes.sds.no (Tore Haraldsen) writes:
>The com driver (i386/isa/com.c) supplied with 386BSD seems to have
>support only for the "modern" chips, 16540 & 16550. The result is, it
>locks up my com ports of the "old" kind, 8250. Anyone got a "better"
>driver for the com ports?

Hmmm... I've got an 8250, and it works just fine.  (The machine's
built-in 16450 died, so we plugged in a card... and I *still* insist
on running SLIP over it.)

-GAWollman

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