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From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte)
Subject: Re: How to add additional serial ports to the kernel?
Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands 
Message-ID: <E2MnL6.2JF@yedi.iaf.nl>
References: <598hs0$gs0@kzsu.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 20:58:18 GMT
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techie@kzsu.Stanford.EDU (Bob Vaughan) writes:

>I have a need to add additional serial ports (beyond sio0-sio3)..
>how do I go about doing this?  I'm looking at adding 2 more ports,
>for a total of 6.. it looks like I have enough interrupts to do this..

>i need to be able to have a configuration something like this:
>	sio0 = mouse
>	sio1 = UPS monitor
>	sio2 = modem
>	sio3 = remote console
>	sio4 = modem
>	sio5 = spare 

'man sio' is your friend.