Re: Unable to configure CE.NET for more than 3 serial ports.

From: Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] (ptobey)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:37:57 -0700

Any and all entries in xyz.reg are in hex. So, if you put

    "SysIntr"=DWORD:23

"23" is hex 23 or 0x35. When the value is read by the driver, it doesn't
care about hex or decimal; the value is a DWORD. However, your text must be
hex...

Paul T.

"Bhavin Shah" <bhavinmshah@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:411fd11c.0409281010.d576aea@posting.google.com...
> Hi Paul,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I did enable the Debug serial port back but
> nothing seems to come out on the debug serial line. Instead I have a
> dump in my ethernet debugger which is as below ....
>
> 4294768161 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> DEVICE!ActivateDeviceEx(Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial) entered
> 4294768170 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: >>> Loading module
> com16550.dll at address 0x03A20000-0x03A34000 (RW data at
> 0x01FA3000-0x01FA3564)
> Loaded symbols for
> 'D:\WINCE420\PUBLIC\CUSTOMLM\RELDIR\NATIONAL_GEODE_X86DEBUG\COM16550.DLL'
> 4294768188 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - Devindex 0,
> SysIntr 20, IOB 3F8, IOLen 8
> 4294768188 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : HalTranslateBusAddress - OK
> 4294768189 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : IO Space
> 4294768189 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - SYSINTR 20
> 4294768189 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> SL_InstallSoftwareISR, No Installable ISR
> 4294768190 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: PNP interface class
> {f8a6ba98-087a-43ac-a9d8-b7f13c5bae31} (COM1:) ATTACH
> 4294768192 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> DEVICE!ActivateDeviceEx(Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial2) entered
> 4294768195 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - Devindex 1,
> SysIntr 19, IOB 2F8, IOLen 8
> 4294768195 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : HalTranslateBusAddress - OK
> 4294768196 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : IO Space
> 4294768196 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - SYSINTR 19
> 4294768197 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> SL_InstallSoftwareISR, No Installable ISR
> 4294768198 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: PNP interface class
> {f8a6ba98-087a-43ac-a9d8-b7f13c5bae31} (COM2:) ATTACH
> 4294768199 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> DEVICE!ActivateDeviceEx(Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial3) entered
> 4294768202 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - Devindex 2,
> SysIntr 25, IOB 3E8, IOLen 8
> 4294768202 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : HalTranslateBusAddress - OK
> 4294768203 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : IO Space
> 4294768203 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - SYSINTR 25
> 4294768203 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> SL_InstallSoftwareISR, No Installable ISR
> 4294768204 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: PNP interface class
> {f8a6ba98-087a-43ac-a9d8-b7f13c5bae31} (COM3:) ATTACH
> 4294768205 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> DEVICE!ActivateDeviceEx(Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial4) entered
> 4294768209 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - Devindex 3,
> SysIntr 22, IOB 2E8, IOLen 8
> 4294768209 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : HalTranslateBusAddress - OK
> 4294768209 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : IO Space
> 4294768210 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - SYSINTR 22
> 4294768210 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> SL_InstallSoftwareISR, No Installable ISR
> 4294768211 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: PNP interface class
> {f8a6ba98-087a-43ac-a9d8-b7f13c5bae31} (COM4:) ATTACH
> 4294768212 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> DEVICE!ActivateDeviceEx(Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial5) entered
> 4294768216 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - Devindex 4,
> SysIntr 23, IOB 280, IOLen 8
> 4294768216 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : HalTranslateBusAddress - OK
> 4294768216 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : IO Space
> 4294768217 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - SYSINTR 23
> 4294768217 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> SL_InstallSoftwareISR, No Installable ISR
> 4294768218 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: PNP interface class
> {f8a6ba98-087a-43ac-a9d8-b7f13c5bae31} (COM5:) ATTACH
> 4294768219 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> DEVICE!ActivateDeviceEx(Drivers\BuiltIn\Serial6) entered
> 4294768223 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - Devindex 5,
> SysIntr 36, IOB 2C0, IOLen 8
> 4294768223 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : HalTranslateBusAddress - OK
> 4294768223 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> Ser_InternalMapRegisterAddresses : IO Space
> 4294768224 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: SerInit - SYSINTR 36
> 4294768224 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458:
> SL_InstallSoftwareISR, No Installable ISR
> 4294768225 PID:a1bd47d2 TID:a1bdc1e2 0x81bd4458: PNP interface class
> {f8a6ba98-087a-43ac-a9d8-b7f13c5bae31} (COM6:) ATTACH
>
> As it can be seen very clearly from the above log, there is a definite
> disconnect between the SysIntr values that I am providing in my
> registry and the one which the system is seeing. The values are in HEX
> as I can see.
>
> My question is, in the registry, do I need to provide the HEX SysIntr
> values or the decimal. I think the offset is IRQ + 10. Is this offset
> HEX 10 or decimal 10 that I do not know now.
>
> I hope you can help me with this issue.
>
> Thanks in anticipation,
>
> Best Regards,
> Bhavin Shah ( CA,USA )
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
> wrote in message news:<OCWH6wLpEHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
>> Build a debug version of the OS and actually trap the debug messages (you
>> may have to turn the debug serial port back on for this, of course).
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Bhavin Shah" <bhavinmshah@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:411fd11c.0409270942.30a03125@posting.google.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have a hardware which has six serial ports and I was able to use
>> > this and configure it with the CE 3.0. But in CE.NET I am not able to
>> > use more than 3 serial ports.
>> >
>> > I have already disabled the COM1 debug port by modifying the Debug.C
>> > file. It seems the trick is how to use the port base addresses found
>> > at the start of platform.reg file. I am really not sure how do those
>> > addresses work.
>> >
>> > My hardware settings are
>> > COM1 - IRQ4 - SysIntr 14 - 0x3F8 ( Works )
>> > COM2 - IRQ3 - SysIntr 13 - 0x2F8 ( Works )
>> > COM3 - IRQ9 - SysIntr 19 - 0x3E8 ( Works )
>> > COM4 - IRQ6 - SysIntr 16 - 0x2E8 ( Fails !! )
>> > COM5 - IRQ7 - SysIntr 17 - 0x280 ( Fails !! )
>> > COM6 - IRQ14 - SysIntr 24 - 0x2C0( Fails !! )
>> >
>> > I checled in the driver and it seems to fail when the
>> > InterruptInitialize function in the StartDispatchThread is called for
>> > COM4,COM5 and COM6.
>> >
>> > Any help with what could be wrong will be highly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bhavin

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