Re: PCI bridge...?

[rob kent <k96rk01@xxxxxxxx>]

>> a software patch (win95, of course) to update some drivers so that i could
>> use my modem.  it's not detected in Linux, even after i said what port
>> (COM2 -- /dev/cua1) to look at.
>>
>
>Is this a PCI modem? Are we SURE it is no a Winmodem?  Does your 'dmesg'
output
>report the serial port as found?

yup, it's a PCI modem, Rockwell chipset.  the dmesg output is as follows:

Starting kswapd v 1.4.2.2 
Serial driver version 4.13 with no serial options enabled
tty00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
Real Time Clock Driver v1.09
Sound initialization started
Sound initialization complete

at least i think that's the pertinent part.  this is consistent with my
CMOS settings, in which COM1 is turned on and COM2 is not, because the PCI
card, bridge, whatever eats up COM2 in some kind of software fashion, and
couldn't do this if it was taken by the bios (thus spake the tech support
guy for my computer, anyway).  

In windows, once the PCI-bridge-patch-thingy has been enabled, the modem
information is as follows:

COM2
IRQ 10
0x2F8
UART: NS 16550AN
115Kbaud

which shows up in the "Modem" control panel.  Note that COM2 is *not* found
in the "serial ports" section of the "system" control panel.

anyway, sorry for bringing up M$ products so extensively in this post; just
thought some of this diagnostic info could maybe help contextualize.  yeah,
that.

rob