Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:24:26 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> To: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyspan USB serial adapter Message-ID: <20080917042426.GA81776@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20080916213322.GA70196@phat.za.net> References: <20080916213322.GA70196@phat.za.net>
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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 |
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