Re: In search of Parallel and serial cards for Openserver 6

From: Boss (ken_at_keysey.net)
Date: 09/28/05 

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:46:48 -0400

John DuBois wrote:
> In article <hchZe.522$yl.491@bignews1.bellsouth.net>,
> Boss <ken@keysey.net> wrote:
>
>>I have already tried two PCI parallel ports and neither are recognized
>>by the OS. A hw -r pci report shows one as a "Simple communications
>>controller" and the other as a "Simple 16550 controller" which are
>>wrong. 16550, after all, is a serial UART chip.
>>
>>Has anyone tried a 1 or 2 port serial, a 1 port parallel or a combo PCI
>>card with OSR6.
>
>
> PCI parallel ports aren't currently automatically recognized in OSR6 (it's
> being worked on). When they are, the above cards aren't going to work. You
> will need a PCI parallel card that is reported as
>
> 0x70101=Simple communications controller - Bi-directional parallel port
>
> The only one I have on hand is a Lava board. If you do have such a board, you
> may be able to get it to work without an update. In hw output, a resmgr key
> should be included. You can try this:
>
> /sbin/resmgr -k resmgr-key-number -p "MODNAME IPL" -v "mfpd 5"
>
> Then unload & load the drivers:
>
> modadmin -U lp mfpd && modadmin -l mfpd lp
>
> If the port is recognized & works, you can make the above persistent across
> system boots by updating the mfpd sdevice file:
>
> /etc/conf/bin/idconfupdate -f
>
> This isn't ideal, because it locks the port to a particular interrupt & base
> address, so if you make any PCI changes (adding/moving/removing *any* board in
> the system) you may need to redo it.
>
> The only 1 or 2 port PCI serial board currently supported is the Connect Tech
> Blue Heat/PCI2. See the CHWP for a complete listing.
>
> John

I am not familiar with resmgr or modadmin, but will do some research. I
have already received SIIG cards (their TS says they have not tested
them). I will try these tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

I will try to get SIIG support to help me out.

Thanks for the informative reply,
Dan

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