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SPARCbook 3GX internal 14.4 modem

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Matthew Haas

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Jul 8, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/8/00
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Greetings,

I am running the 1.5 snapshot, with a personally compiled kernel for the
SPARCbook (TADPOLE3GX config file)... on bootup I see the message:

com0 at obio0 slot 0 offset 0x3a0000 level 13: ns16550a, working fifo

I got the impression that this device was properly configured and perhaps
supported under NetBSD... is this so? And if so, what device does it
utilize on the system? (/dev/ttya?).. Does this device need to be turned
on by tadpolectl (I do not see an option for the modem but the serial
ports, and they seem to be on by default).

I plan on compiling minicom and giving it a shot...

----|||-------------------------------------------------------------
- ||| Atari 8-bit! Star Wars * SPARCbook 3GX * SUMMER!! -
- ||| 400/800/XL/XE Battlestar: Galactica * SPARC * Linux -
- | | | | | 2600/5200/7800 NetBSD1.4.2 * StarTrek * Galaga * SCSI -
- || | || Lynx/Jaguar Star Raiders * Descent * Voltron * UNIX -
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Julian Coleman

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Jul 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/10/00
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> I am running the 1.5 snapshot, with a personally compiled kernel for the
> SPARCbook (TADPOLE3GX config file)... on bootup I see the message:
>
> com0 at obio0 slot 0 offset 0x3a0000 level 13: ns16550a, working fifo
>
> I got the impression that this device was properly configured and perhaps
> supported under NetBSD... is this so? And if so, what device does it
> utilize on the system? (/dev/ttya?).. Does this device need to be turned
> on by tadpolectl (I do not see an option for the modem but the serial
> ports, and they seem to be on by default).

Well, it probes ... but it doesn't work properly. If I remember correctly,
it's attached to /dev/ttyC0. If you can get it working ;-)

The default state for the serial ports is 'powered on when open' (1). Other
states are 'always on' (0) and 'always off' (2). This should be documented
somewhere ... tadpolectl.8?

J

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My other computer also runs NetBSD
http://www.netbsd.org/

Matthew Haas

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Jul 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/10/00
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Julian Coleman wrote:
>
> Well, it probes ... but it doesn't work properly. If I remember correctly,
> it's attached to /dev/ttyC0. If you can get it working ;-)
>

Thanks, I'll take a look at it.. Am I to assume that /dev/ttyC0 already
present or can be easily created with a MAKEDEV?


> The default state for the serial ports is 'powered on when open' (1). Other
> states are 'always on' (0) and 'always off' (2). This should be documented
> somewhere ... tadpolectl.8?
>

Thanks for the info... I appreciate the response.

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