additional com-port

[Maxim Mazurok]

On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:53:37AM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:

>> >What is wrong with the second onboard serial?
>> >You just have to remove the flags which declare it to be a special
>> >debug interface for to kernel.
>> >See sio(4) manpage for details on flags.
>> 
>> hmmm
>> sio2 - it's no traditional com-port
>> it's ISA Cisco router console (cisco AP-EC)
>> i no need second onboard com-port, but i need access to cisco console
>
>And you can't just give it another IRQ?

in SRM for onboard ports?

>Cisco should know that IRQ 3 and 4 are typically in use.

only 3 and 4. no else.

>> if i deactivated sio1 in SRM, change settings of cisco console to IO_COM2
>> and irq 3, can i use next kernel config for worked serial console to freebsd
>> and worked console to cisco:
>> 
>> device          sio0    at isa? port IO_COM1 irq 4
>> device          sio1    at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3
>> ?
>
>Yes - that should work.
>
>> and one more: now console to server connected to second com-port on
>> board(upper). it's right?
>
>Sorry - I can't follow you here.
>The console is always on sio0, which is the upper one on PC164, so
>I asume it's also upper on PC164SX.
>The lower port needs to be disabled so you can reuse it's IRQ.

tnx!

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Maxim Mazurok  (MMP2-RIPE)