From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 04:24:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9001B106566B for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.80]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F6FE8FC22 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:24:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.36]) by QMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id FXbK1a02L0mlR8UA8gQUX6; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:24:28 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([67.180.253.227]) by OMTA11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id FgQS1a0084v8bD78XgQSc9; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:24:27 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=Y0Ln-52aUg6VcmB1Xv8A:9 a=ZF5JEMwrFPNEUK2Fps5ZDYJH8nMA:4 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4874417B822; Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:24:26 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Aragon Gouveia Message-ID: <20080917042426.GA81776@icarus.home.lan> References: <20080916213322.GA70196@phat.za.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080916213322.GA70196@phat.za.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyspan USB serial adapter X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:24:28 -0000 On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 11:33:22PM +0200, Aragon Gouveia wrote: > I'm on the market for a USB serial adapter. The Keyspan USA-19HS gets a > lot of good reviews for its performance, but I've noticed previous Keyspan > models have a history of not supporting FreeBSD due to firmware issues. > The 19HS is listed in /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/usbdevs with nothing noted about > firmware (as opposed to the older 19WQ). Can I assume that the firmware > problems of the past aren't relevant to the current 19HS? > > Can anyone confirm if a USA-19HS works on FreeBSD 7-STABLE right now? Since you're still in the market: I've heard wonderful things about any of the USB serial adapters that use the Prolific chip; see uplcom(4). Others apparently are known for dropping characters on occasion. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |