Annotation of coherent/f/etc/default/async, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: #/etc/default/async
        !             2: 
        !             3: #This file contains commented-out entries for all multi-port async cards
        !             4: #that have been tested at MWC, along with an explanation of how each
        !             5: #board was set up, and where to get in touch with the manufacturer.
        !             6: #Setups shown below are examples of actual working configurations on one
        !             7: #system;  for most boards, there are many possible valid configurations.
        !             8: 
        !             9: #There are many differences among the boards.  Things to consider in
        !            10: #selecting a serial board:
        !            11: #-  Is the board available with 16550A-compatible (FIFO) UART parts?
        !            12: #-  Are all common RS-232 circuits available for each port?  This
        !            13: #   includes TD/RD/DTR/DSR/RTS/CTS/CD/RI.
        !            14: #-  Is there a group status register so that individual parts do not have
        !            15: #   to be polled when the board issues an interrupt?
        !            16: #-  Is there provision in hardware for dealing with limitations of the
        !            17: #   edge-triggered interrupt system on the AT bus?  SEALEVEL, GTEK, and
        !            18: #   Comtrol offer this.
        !            19: #-  Can boards be chained on the same interrupt line?
        !            20: #-  What sort of cables and connectors are provided with the board?
        !            21: #-  Are UART parts socketed?
        !            22: #-  Is documentation intelligible and complete?
        !            23: #-  Is technical support helpful, and readily available?
        !            24: 
        !            25: #The "asy" driver shipped with COHERENT 4.0 allows you to mix several
        !            26: #different board types on the same system, as long as each port has its
        !            27: #own channel number and the total number of channels is no more than 32.
        !            28: #Each board should be configured to occupy a unique interrupt number,
        !            29: #unless you are chaining boards specifically designed to allow sharing of
        !            30: #an interrupt line.
        !            31: 
        !            32: #The file begins with uncommented entries for the usual com1-com4,
        !            33: #occupying channels 0-3.  Unless noted otherwise, all sample multiport
        !            34: #configurations are shown in addition to these ports, with additional
        !            35: #channels starting at number 4.
        !            36: 
        !            37: #Record formats:
        !            38: #
        !            39: #P     Port    Irq     OUT[12] Excl    Speed   Channel Nms
        !            40: #
        !            41: #G     Port    Irq     OUT[12] Type    Number-of-Slots Nms
        !            42: #
        !            43: #M     Port    Speed   Slot    Channel
        !            44: #
        !            45: #------------------------------------------------------
        !            46: 
        !            47: # com1/2/3/4
        !            48: P      3f8     4       8       1       9600    0       0
        !            49: P      2f8     3       8       1       9600    1       0
        !            50: P      3e8     4       8       1       9600    2       0
        !            51: P      2e8     3       8       1       9600    3       0
        !            52: 
        !            53: #------------------------------------------------------
        !            54: #SEALEVEL Systems, Inc.
        !            55: #P.O. Box 830
        !            56: #102 W. Main St.
        !            57: #Liberty, SC 29657
        !            58: #803-843-4343
        !            59: 
        !            60: #TURBO COMM+4  - one group of 4 ports, channels 4-7
        !            61: 
        !            62: #i/o base 0x1A0, irq 11, status at 0x1A7
        !            63: 
        !            64: #Jumper          1111
        !            65: #E1    OM5210765432
        !            66: #      .X..X...
        !            67: #      .X..X...
        !            68: 
        !            69: #      SW1
        !            70: #      12345678
        !            71: #On    XXXX..X.
        !            72: #Off   ....XX.X
        !            73: 
        !            74: #G     1A7     11      8       1       4       0
        !            75: #M     1A0     9600    0       4
        !            76: #M     1A8     9600    1       5
        !            77: #M     1B0     9600    2       6
        !            78: #M     1B8     9600    3       7
        !            79: 
        !            80: #TURBO COMM+8
        !            81: 
        !            82: #The configuration of the TURBO COMM+8 below shows how this board can be
        !            83: #used to give three ports their own interrupt - they will be connected to
        !            84: #modems, and will have heavy traffic - and put the remaining five ports
        !            85: #in a single group on another interrupt line.  Port channels start at 0
        !            86: #as this system is used without conventional com1-com4 equipment.
        !            87: 
        !            88: #single port at 0x280 using irq 4
        !            89: #single port at 0x288 using irq 3
        !            90: #single port at 0x290 using irq 10
        !            91: #remaining five ports at i/o base 0x298, irq 7, status at 0x287
        !            92: 
        !            93: #Jumper          2  3  4  5  6  7  10 11 12 15
        !            94: #E1      .  .  X  .  .  .  .  .  .  .          E10  7 .XX. .XX. 5
        !            95: #E2      .  X  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .               8 .XX. .XX. 6
        !            96: #E3      .  .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .
        !            97: #E4      .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .          E9   3 .XX. XX.. 1
        !            98: #E5      .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .               4 XX.. XX.. 2
        !            99: #E6      .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .
        !           100: #E7      .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .          E11  PAL  SW
        !           101: #E8      .  .  .  .  .  X  .  .  .  .               ..   XX
        !           102: 
        !           103: #      SW1
        !           104: #      1234567
        !           105: #On    XXX.X.X
        !           106: #Off   ...X.X.
        !           107: 
        !           108: #P     280     4       8       1       19200   0       0
        !           109: #P     288     3       8       1       19200   1       0
        !           110: #P     290     10      8       1       2400    2       0
        !           111: 
        !           112: #G     287     7       8       1       5       0
        !           113: #M     298     9600    3       3
        !           114: #M     2A0     9600    4       4
        !           115: #M     2A8     9600    5       5
        !           116: #M     2B0     9600    6       6
        !           117: #M     2B8     9600    7       7
        !           118: 
        !           119: #------------------------------------------------------
        !           120: #Comtrol Corporation
        !           121: #2675 Patton Rd
        !           122: #P.O. Box 64750
        !           123: #St Paul, MN 55164
        !           124: #800-926-6876
        !           125: #612-631-7654 (US)
        !           126: #(44) 844-261-634 (UK)
        !           127: 
        !           128: #Hostess 550 16 - two groups of 8 ports, channels 4-19
        !           129: 
        !           130: #i/o base 0x500, irq 12, interrupt mask enable off
        !           131: #         S1              S2
        !           132: #      12345678        12345678
        !           133: #On    X.X.XXXX        .......X
        !           134: #Off   .X.X....        XXXXXXX.
        !           135: 
        !           136: #G     507     12      8       1       8       0
        !           137: #M     500     9600    0       4
        !           138: #M     508     9600    1       5
        !           139: #M     510     9600    2       6
        !           140: #M     518     9600    3       7
        !           141: #M     520     9600    4       8
        !           142: #M     528     9600    5       9
        !           143: #M     530     9600    6       10
        !           144: #M     538     9600    7       11
        !           145: 
        !           146: #G     547     12      8       1       8       0
        !           147: #M     540     9600    0       12
        !           148: #M     548     9600    1       13
        !           149: #M     550     9600    2       14
        !           150: #M     558     9600    3       15
        !           151: #M     560     9600    4       16
        !           152: #M     568     9600    5       17
        !           153: #M     570     9600    6       18
        !           154: #M     578     9600    7       19
        !           155: 
        !           156: #------------------------------------------------------
        !           157: #GTEK Inc.
        !           158: #Development Hardware & Software
        !           159: #P.O. Box 2310
        !           160: #399 Hwy 90
        !           161: #Bay St. Louis, MS 39521-2310
        !           162: #601-467-8048
        !           163: 
        !           164: #PCSS-8TX
        !           165: 
        !           166: #i/o base 0x280, irq 7, status at 0x2BF
        !           167: 
        !           168: #Jumpers               JB1     JB2     JB3
        !           169: #              23457
        !           170: #              ....X   X       .
        !           171: #              ....X   X       .
        !           172: 
        !           173: #G     2BF     7       8       3       8       0
        !           174: #M     280     9600    0       4
        !           175: #M     288     9600    1       5
        !           176: #M     290     9600    2       6
        !           177: #M     298     9600    3       7
        !           178: #M     2A0     9600    4       8
        !           179: #M     2A8     9600    5       9
        !           180: #M     2B0     9600    6       10
        !           181: #M     2B8     9600    7       11
        !           182: 
        !           183: #------------------------------------------------------
        !           184: #DigiBoard Inc.
        !           185: #6751 Oxford St.
        !           186: #St. Louis Park
        !           187: #MN 55426
        !           188: #612-943-9020
        !           189: 
        !           190: #DigiCHANNEL PC/16 - one group of 16 ports, channels 4-19
        !           191: 
        !           192: #Below is for PAL's 40000246 and 40000247, board 0.
        !           193: #Eight ports starting at 0x100, eight more starting at 0x148.
        !           194: #Status at 0x142.
        !           195: #Jumpers - shunt at J6 (irq 7).  J7 across pins 2&3.
        !           196: 
        !           197: #G     142     7       8       4       16      0
        !           198: #M     100     9600    0       4
        !           199: #M     108     9600    1       5
        !           200: #M     110     9600    2       6
        !           201: #M     118     9600    3       7
        !           202: #M     120     9600    4       8
        !           203: #M     128     9600    5       9
        !           204: #M     130     9600    6       10
        !           205: #M     138     9600    7       11
        !           206: #M     148     9600    8       12
        !           207: #M     150     9600    9       13
        !           208: #M     158     9600    10      14
        !           209: #M     160     9600    11      15
        !           210: #M     168     9600    12      16
        !           211: #M     170     9600    13      17
        !           212: #M     178     9600    14      18
        !           213: #M     180     9600    15      19
        !           214: 
        !           215: #------------------------------------------------------
        !           216: #Arnet Corporation
        !           217: #618 Grassmere Park Drive, #6
        !           218: #Nashville, TN 37211
        !           219: #615-834-5222
        !           220: 
        !           221: #Multiport - one group of 8 ports, channels 4-11
        !           222: #UART address 0x280, option address 0x270, irq 7
        !           223: 
        !           224: #       S1       S2      S3
        !           225: #      12345   1234567 123456
        !           226: #On    XX.X.   X...XX. .....X
        !           227: #Off   ..X.X   .XXX..X XXXXX.
        !           228: 
        !           229: #G     272     7       0       2       8       0
        !           230: #M     280     9600    0       4
        !           231: #M     288     9600    1       5
        !           232: #M     290     9600    2       6
        !           233: #M     298     9600    3       7
        !           234: #M     2A0     9600    4       8
        !           235: #M     2A8     9600    5       9
        !           236: #M     2B0     9600    6       10
        !           237: #M     2B8     9600    7       11
        !           238: 
        !           239: #------------------------------------------------------
        !           240: #Applied Digital
        !           241: #HCR 63
        !           242: #Box 130C West Plains
        !           243: #MO 65775
        !           244: #417-257-1894
        !           245: 
        !           246: #SIO4
        !           247: 
        !           248: #First configuration - 4 ports starting at 0x280, using irq 7.
        !           249: 
        !           250: #      ADR Switch      Jumpers
        !           251: #      12345           23457D
        !           252: #On    XX.X.           ....X.
        !           253: #Off   ..X.X
        !           254: 
        !           255: #P     280     7       8       0       9600    4       0
        !           256: #P     288     7       8       0       9600    5       0
        !           257: #P     290     7       8       0       9600    6       0
        !           258: #P     298     7       8       0       9600    7       0
        !           259: 
        !           260: #Second configuration - this replaces the usual com1-com4.
        !           261: #The advantage is that all four ports may run in interrupt mode at once.
        !           262: 
        !           263: #      ADR Switch      Jumpers
        !           264: #      12345           23457D
        !           265: #On    XX.X.           .....X
        !           266: #Off   ..X.X
        !           267: 
        !           268: #P     3f8     4       8       0       9600    0       0
        !           269: #P     2f8     3       8       0       9600    1       0
        !           270: #P     3e8     4       8       0       9600    2       0
        !           271: #P     2e8     3       8       0       9600    3       0
        !           272: 
        !           273: #------------------------------------------------------
        !           274: #Star Gate Technologies, Inc.
        !           275: #29300 Aurora Rd
        !           276: #Solon, OH 44139
        !           277: #1-800-782-7428
        !           278: #216-349-1860
        !           279: 
        !           280: #PLUS 8
        !           281: #PAL 800000-01 Secondary Addresses.  Normal interrupt mode on irq 2/9.
        !           282: #Eight ports starting at 0x180.
        !           283: 
        !           284: #        SW1
        !           285: #      12345678
        !           286: #On    X.....X.
        !           287: #Off   .XXXXX.X
        !           288: 
        !           289: #G     580     9       8       1       8       0
        !           290: #M     180     9600    0       4
        !           291: #M     188     9600    1       5
        !           292: #M     190     9600    2       6
        !           293: #M     198     9600    3       7
        !           294: #M     1A0     9600    4       8
        !           295: #M     1A8     9600    5       9
        !           296: #M     1B0     9600    6       10
        !           297: #M     1B8     9600    7       11
        !           298: 
        !           299: #------------------------------------------------------
        !           300: #Connect Tech Inc
        !           301: #340 Woodlawn Road West
        !           302: #Unit 20
        !           303: #Guelph, Ontario
        !           304: #N1H 7K6
        !           305: #519-836-1291
        !           306: 
        !           307: #DFlex Serial Communications Board - one group of 8 ports, channels 4-11
        !           308: 
        !           309: #i/o base 0x190, irq 10, status at 0x1D0
        !           310: #      IRQ Jumpers
        !           311: #          1111
        !           312: #      34570125
        !           313: #B     ........
        !           314: #.     ....X...
        !           315: #A     ....X...
        !           316: #.
        !           317: #      SW1
        !           318: #      12345678
        !           319: #On    ......XX
        !           320: #Off   XXXXXX..
        !           321: 
        !           322: #G     1D0     10      8       1       8       0
        !           323: #M     190     9600    0       4
        !           324: #M     198     9600    1       5
        !           325: #M     1A0     9600    2       6
        !           326: #M     1A8     9600    3       7
        !           327: #M     1B0     9600    4       8
        !           328: #M     1B8     9600    5       9
        !           329: #M     1C0     9600    6       10
        !           330: #M     1C8     9600    7       11
        !           331: 
        !           332: #------------------------------------------------------
        !           333: #Boca Research, Inc.
        !           334: #6413 Congress Avenue
        !           335: #Boca Raton, FL 33487
        !           336: #407-997-6227
        !           337: 
        !           338: #Bocaboard BB1008
        !           339: #Eight ports starting at 0x100, status register at 0x107, irq 15.
        !           340: 
        !           341: #              0000 XXXX
        !           342: #              0123 XXXX       Irq
        !           343: #              XXXX 046C
        !           344: #Jumpers       XXXX 0000       3  4  5  7 10 11 12 15
        !           345: #Set           .X.. X...       .  .  .  .  .  .  .  X
        !           346: 
        !           347: #G     107     15      8       1       8       0
        !           348: #M     100     9600    0       4
        !           349: #M     108     9600    1       5
        !           350: #M     110     9600    2       6
        !           351: #M     118     9600    3       7
        !           352: #M     120     9600    4       8
        !           353: #M     128     9600    5       9
        !           354: #M     130     9600    6       10
        !           355: #M     138     9600    7       11
        !           356: 
        !           357: # end of /etc/default/async

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