Moxa 8-port serial multiplexor, how-to
Doug Poland
doug at polands.org
Thu Aug 6 00:40:36 UTC 2009
On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 06:34:45PM -0600, Tim Judd wrote:
> On 8/5/09, Doug Poland <doug at polands.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 05:54:30PM -0600, Tim Judd wrote:
> >> On 7/29/09, Doug Poland <doug at polands.org> wrote:
> >> > On Wed, July 29, 2009 12:04, WATANABE Kazuhiro wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> At Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:32:52 -0500,
> >> >> Doug Poland wrote:
> >> >>> Hello,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I'm trying to get a Moxa Technologies C168H/PCI 8-port mux card
> >> >>> working in 7.2-RELEASE(i386).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I've recompiled a GENERIC kernel with
> >> >>>
> >> >>> options COM_MULTIPORT
> >> >>>
> >> >>> and loaded the puc(4) module. I don't have any new ttyd? or cuad?
> >> >>> devices in /dev.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> After reading the handbook(26.2) and man puc(4), sio(4). man
> >> >>> sio(4) talks about adding /boot/device.hints but not for my
> >> >>> particular hardware. I'm at a loss on how to continue.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Suggestions, pointers, URLs welcome.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >> Hi.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you want to load the puc(4) driver as a loadable module, you
> >> >> should load the sio(4) or uart(4) driver module as well. But
> >> >> these drivers are included in the GENERIC kernel. So you should
> >> >> to remove sio(4) or uart(4) from the kernel and load it as a
> >> >> loadable module.
> >> >>
> >> >> The other solution is to builtin the puc(4) driver to the
> >> >> kernel. i.e.:
> >> >>
> >> >> sio(4) puc(4) status
> >> >> or uart(4)
> >> >> ----------------------------------------
> >> >> module module work
> >> >> builtin builtin work
> >> >> builtin module not work <- current choice?
> >> >> module builtin not work
> >> >> ----------------------------------------
> >> >> (module = loadable module, builtin = kernel builtin)
> >> >>
> >> >> Other modifications will not be needed for PCI multiport cards.
> >> >>
> >> > Watanabe,
> >> >
> >> > I removed devices sio and uart from my kernel, loaded them as
> >> > modules in /boot/loader.conf, and now I have 8 additional cuad?
> >> > devices!
> >> >
> >>
> >> Trying to help a buddy who also has a Moxa multiport serial card.
> >> He followed this thread and isn't seeing the same success
> >>
> >> Doug,
> >> can I get the following in a pastebin or in this thread?
> >>
> >> pciconf -lvvv
> >>
> > Certainly...
> >
> > hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x01511028 chip=0x25708086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82865G/PE/P, 82848P DRAM Controller / Host-Hub Interface'
> > class = bridge
> > subclass = HOST-PCI
> > vgapci0 at pci0:0:2:0: class=0x030000 card=0x01511028 chip=0x25728086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82865G Integrated Graphics Device'
> > class = display
> > subclass = VGA
> > uhci0 at pci0:0:29:0: class=0x0c0300 card=0x01511028 chip=0x24d28086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller'
> > class = serial bus
> > subclass = USB
> > uhci1 at pci0:0:29:1: class=0x0c0300 card=0x01511028 chip=0x24d48086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller'
> > class = serial bus
> > subclass = USB
> > uhci2 at pci0:0:29:2: class=0x0c0300 card=0x01511028 chip=0x24d78086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller'
> > class = serial bus
> > subclass = USB
> > uhci3 at pci0:0:29:3: class=0x0c0300 card=0x01511028 chip=0x24de8086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller'
> > class = serial bus
> > subclass = USB
> > ehci0 at pci0:0:29:7: class=0x0c0320 card=0x01511028 chip=0x24dd8086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB 2.0 EHCI Controller'
> > class = serial bus
> > subclass = USB
> > pcib1 at pci0:0:30:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x244e8086 rev=0xc2
> > hdr=0x01
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801 Family (ICH2/3/4/4/5/5/6/7/8/9,63xxESB) Hub
> > Interface to PCI Bridge'
> > class = bridge
> > subclass = PCI-PCI
> > isab0 at pci0:0:31:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x24d08086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge'
> > class = bridge
> > subclass = PCI-ISA
> > atapci0 at pci0:0:31:1: class=0x01018a card=0x01511028 chip=0x24db8086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) EIDE Controller'
> > class = mass storage
> > subclass = ATA
> > atapci1 at pci0:0:31:2: class=0x01018f card=0x01511028 chip=0x24d18086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller'
> > class = mass storage
> > subclass = ATA
> > none0 at pci0:0:31:3: class=0x0c0500 card=0x01511028 chip=0x24d38086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller'
> > class = serial bus
> > subclass = SMBus
> > none1 at pci0:0:31:5: class=0x040100 card=0x01511028 chip=0x24d58086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '815B104D multimedia audio device (codec AC97) SoundMAX or
> > VIA'
> > class = multimedia
> > subclass = audio
> > puc0 at pci0:1:9:0: class=0x070080 card=0x00000000 chip=0x16801393 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Moxa Technologies Co Ltd'
> > device = 'C168H/PCI Smartio'
> > class = simple comms
> > subclass = UART
> > em0 at pci0:1:12:0: class=0x020000 card=0x01511028 chip=0x100e8086 rev=0x02
> > hdr=0x00
> > vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
> > device = '82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
> > class = network
> > subclass = ethernet
> >
> >
> > Also, kernel config just in case you need it:
> >
> > ident GENERIC-MUX-SIO
> > include GENERIC
> > options COM_MULTIPORT
> > nooptions sio
> > nooptions uart
> >
> > and /boot/loader.conf:
> > sio_load="YES"
> > puc_load="YES"
> > snd_ich_load="NO"
> >
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
>
>
> Thanks Doug!
>
> He has the PCI device ID 1682, and you have the 1680. The 1682 is not
> already in the driver. I've added it to his driver and we're
> recompiling right now. We'll do a quick test, then write a bug report
> if all looks stable.
>
>
> This output was very useful, thank you very much.
>
Glad I could be the helper, instead of the helpee for once. And thanks
to Watanabe Kazuhiro.
--
Regards,
Doug
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