>  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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