Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 11:24:49 +1000 (AEST) From: Greg Ungerer <gerg@stallion.oz.au> To: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@stallion.oz.au> Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards Message-ID: <9601291124.aa00459@cluster.stallion.oz.au>
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Hiya FreeBSDers, I was going to make an announcement about a FreeBSD driver for some of the Stallion Technologies range of async serial multiport boards soon, but since it has come up, I'll do it now. I have made a very alpha driver for the Stallion EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards available for anon ftp from Stallions ftp site, at ftp.stallion.com:/unsupported/freebsd/stalbsd-0.0.2.tar.gz It can be used with any of FreeBSD v2.0.5, v2.1.0 and -current. This driver is not officially supported by Stallion. I am doing it in my spare time, 'cause it seemed like a good thing to do :-) The EasyIO and EasyConnection 8/32 boards are the "lower" end of Stallions performance (and price) range. They are based around the Cirrus Logic CD1400 UART. You can have up to 8 boards in the system, so you can have up 256 serial ports (if you want :-). I am working on a driver for the really intelligent boards (with processors and memory), but this is not going to be anywhere near usable for a little while yet... These boards offer excellent throughput at very low host overhead. Just out of interrest, the EasyConnection 8/32 boards are excellent as a start of for an ISP, since you can start with 8 ports, and expand to 32 as required. And then if the serial load is bogging the system down you can go to an EasyConnection 8/64 host adapter to seriously reduce the system overhead. (Well you will be able to once I finish the driver for it!). Anyway, not trying to push a sales pitch here, just offering some thoughts... Seeya Gerg --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMOR: I don't speak for Stallion, and they don't speak for me! Greg Ungerer EMAIL: gerg@stallion.com Stallion Technologies Pty Ltd PHONE: +61 7 3270 4271 33 Woodstock Rd, Toowong, QLD 4066, Australia FAX: +61 7 3270 4245
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