From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 6 00:22:39 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C3116A40F for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:22:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92.asp.att.net [204.127.203.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A972743D4C for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:22:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net ([12.207.12.9]) by sccmmhc92.asp.att.net (sccmmhc92) with ESMTP id <20061006002237m9200dojn6e>; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 00:22:37 +0000 Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k960MYsM084861 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:22:35 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id k960MYPp084860 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:22:34 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:22:34 -0500 From: Brooks Davis To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20061006002234.GC82687@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20061005151925.GA1156@FS.denninger.net> <20061005190822.GA15547@icarus.home.lan> <20061005202144.GA11105@FS.denninger.net> <20061005210447.GA82687@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20061006000956.GC2473@FS.denninger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061006000956.GC2473@FS.denninger.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Subject: Re: Recommendations for a serial port card you can actually BUY? 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: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:22:39 -0000 --pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 07:09:56PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 04:04:47PM -0500, Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 03:21:44PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote: > > >=20 > > > FreeBSD's USB support has always been somewhat deficient. For exampl= e, > > > apcupsd can't talk to their UPSs over the USB bus, even though the so= ftware > > > itself knows how, because FreeBSD doesn't know what a UPS is and thro= ws up > > > its hands when you plug it in. > >=20 > > This is false for at least the APC SmartUPS the machine I'm sending this > > from is connected to. I wouldn't be suprised if it was true once, but > > it isn't today. > >=20 > > ugen0: American Power Conversion Smart-UPS 750 FW:651.12.D USB FW:4.2, = rev 1.10/0.06, addr 2 >=20 > Does apcupsd connect to it? I tried this back on 5.x and it failed > miserably. It identified the unit, but wouldn't talk to it. Yes. I get notifications of power failures and can query status. -- Brooks --pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFJaHJXY6L6fI4GtQRAuoIAJ9NtLjDN8lqWrt/14551vS78BaUHwCfQgyc QvJhIeIEw8o6cKRMfeFdWNo= =rhh+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pAwQNkOnpTn9IO2O--