Re: [SOLVED] nic initialization

[Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>]

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, marmango wrote:

[snip]

> pcmcia0: function 0, config table entry 35: I/O card; irq mask ffff;
> iomask a, iospace 2e8-2ef; rdybsy_active io8 irqlevel powerdown audio
> pccom3 at pcmcia0 function 0 "3Com Megahertz, 3CXM756/3CCM756" port
> 0x3e8/8: irq 9: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> pcmcia1 at pcic0 controller 0 socket 1
> pcic0: irq 10, polling enabled
> biomask c060 netmask c860 ttymask dee2
> ...
> 
> I don't know what the lines ending in "powerdown audio" mean...,

powerdown means it has the "powerdown" pcmcia capability. "audio" is left 
as an exercise :-)

> but now comes my next question  :-\
> What is the device file for accessing the pcmcia modem in question?

The numbering scheme is not difficult: pccom3 casn be accessed through
/dev/cua03 and /dev/tty03

> Is it something like /dev/cuaXX or /dev/ttyXX ? Because I tried minicom
> with several of them (XX = 00, 01, 02) and didn't get any response.

You were close :-)

	-Otto