Now for my next challenge: I picked up a PCIe 1.0 x1 dual serial board - Syba SD-PEX15022 - (with an additional 8 GPIOs) based on the new MCS9922 chip from MosChip or ASIX (I can't tell which). Only $19 from Amazon. After stripping the metal frame off the board, I was able to install it into the net6501 box (it appears that the PCIe socket is about 2 - 3 mm too close to the front for the PCIe board to fit properly). However, there does not appear to be a driver for this chip either. I have the reference schematics, data sheet, and the Linux driver source from the chip manufacturer, if that helps. It's not a terribly complex chip: it emulates two serial ports, defaulting to dumb 16C450 mode, but configurable to 16C550, 16C550 Extended, 16C650, and even ASIX enhanced mode (not too clear on that one). It does have 8 GPIO pins that may be brought out to a header on the board, that are bidirectionally programmable with interrupts for each pin - that would be a nice-to-have device too. I have been out of FreeBSD for too long, does anyone have any insight on the status of such a driver, and is there someone I should contact to perhaps assist? I suspect that it might be as simple as adding the PCI ID for the chip to an existing serial driver. Though in my world, things are never that easy.
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