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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Subject: Re: Problem with com ports on ASUS P55T2P4 (solution)
Date: 1 Nov 1996 23:29:14 GMT
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devet@adv.IAEhv.nl (Arjan de Vet) wrote:

> >Is there a known problem with the UART design on this motherboard, or
> >could this be a defective unit?

Yes, the UMC8669F chips built into these boards are known to be
broken.  (Not only their UARTs, but also their FDC.)

> Yes, I had exactly the same. The following kernel patch for
> sys/i386/isa/sio.c fixes it.

s/fixes/works around/

-- 
cheers, J"org

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