Re: Serial driver problems with 5.2-current

In message: <1072398918.7cddfbe0dhee_at_myrealbox.com>
            "Dheeraj" <dhee_at_myrealbox.com> writes:
:    i see the following problems in my dell notebook.

what kind of Dell notebook?  I have a Inspiron 8000.

: i just added a simple makefile in src/sys/modules to make it a
: module. (else it won't boot at all )

This sounds like an interrupt routing problem of some sort.  I too
have a sio module, and it works great for me.

kldload sio for me yields:

sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A

Expected.

sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
sio1: port may not be enabled

Also expected since I don't have a COM2 on this  laptop.

sio4: <3Com Megahertz 3CXEM556> at port 0x110-0x117 irq 10 function 1 config 39 on pccard1

So mine has a 3CXEM556 card, not the slightly newer 3CCFEM556B (I'm
not sure if my fast ethernet 556 is a normal or a 'B').

sio4: type 16550A
sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - using normal mode

This looks normal.  Now, let's take a look at yours:


: Dec 25 19:33:10 vagisha kernel: sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa
: 0
: Dec 25 19:33:10 vagisha kernel: sio0: type 16550A
: Dec 25 19:33:10 vagisha kernel: sio1 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0
: Dec 25 19:33:10 vagisha kernel: sio1: type 16550A

Standard COM0 and COM1.

: Dec 25 19:33:10 vagisha kernel: sio4: <3Com Megahertz 3CCFEM556B> at port 0x120-0x127 irq 11 function 1 config 39 on pccard1

This looks like a card I recently got working (but I don't have the
dongle for the modem).  Like I said above, can't recall if mine is a
'B' or not.

: Dec 25 19:33:10 vagisha kernel: sio4: type 16550A with a buggy IIR_TXRDY implementation

This is odd.  I really don't recall seeing this message at all (and I
don't get it with the older 3cxem556 I'm using while traveling).

: Dec 25 19:33:10 vagisha kernel: sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - using normal mode

This is 'normal' for pccard modems.

: --- and i have to use the power button to reboot.

What happens if you don't have the 3com card installed.


: If i compile a custom kernel with serial driver disabled, it works fine.

Define: 'works fine'  What are you seeing?

Also, when it hangs, can you break to the debugger (add options DDB
and BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER in your kernel)?  If so can you do a 'show
intrcnt' to see what interrupt is being 'hammered'.  It will likely be
the only one larger than rtc :-).  If you are having trouble, continue
and break again a second or two later.  Chances are good that it will
be the one that has > 100 more than the last one (and likely > 1000 or
10000!).  It likely won't be irq 11.  You might also try breaking at
siointr.

Warner