Hi Michael,

On Wed 17 Sep 1997, Michael Brandt wrote:
> Whoops, now I'm confused:

I can imagine - I had a nice time figuring it out yesterday evening without
my doc's (already in a box :-( ).

>
> On 11-Sep-97 Leo Weppelman wrote:
> >I'm not sure when the ser01 port entered the NetBSD universe exactly, but
> >in -current it is supported.
>
> On 17-Sep-97 Leo Weppelman wrote:
> >      text     devicename    driver   chip       supported  see note#
> >      ===============================================================
> >      serial1  /dev/ser01             68901       No
> >      serial2  /dev/ser02     zs0     ZS8530      Yes        1
> >      modem1   /dev/mdm01     ser0    68901       Yes        2/3
> >      modem2   /dev/mdm02     zs0     ZS8530      Yes
> >
>
> So whis which port is not supported? serial1 or modem1?

Serial1 in not supported (I must admit that I tought otherwise too). The
evidence was that my mouse was mentioned as /dev/mdm01 in my XFree config ;-)

> I'm assuming the serial1 port is the one that is not supported. Why is it so?
> Maybe this is a stupid question, but is the needed driver for that port so muc
h
> different from the ones already in existence or isn't it just worthwhile to
> write a driver? Please don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that anyone
> writes the driver --- it's just curiosity.

It should indeed be easy to support ser01. I didn't do it because:
   1. I don't have need for it
   2. It is missing all modem lines, which makes it less usefull

Feel free to hack the driver ;-)

Leo.