Subject: Re: Serial ports not responding on a Tadpole
To: Dennis Taylor <dennis@funkplanet.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 09/09/1999 10:27:06
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Dennis Taylor wrote:

> 	...but nothing can talk through them. The problem's not the
> serial hardware... I've tried two different sets of otherwise
> functional modems and cables. It's not the kernel... I sucked down the
> 1.4.1 source and built a custom kernel, and nothing changed. I know
> that other people have gotten the serial ports working under NetBSD
> already, which makes me rather concerned. Should I assume it's a
> hardware problem (and if so, can it be fixed?), or is there something
> else left to try first?

Have other folks gotten tadpole serial ports working? The zs driver just
assumes the chip is where it's told it is - it doesn't actually look at
the hardware before attaching. So having the driver attach doesn't mean
the hardware address is right. :-)

Take care,

Bill