From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 31 13:42:14 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9AFD178D; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:42:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "wonkity.com", Issuer "wonkity.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 465C618FD; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:42:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s7VDg7T4035916 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:42:07 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) with ESMTP id s7VDg6o7035907; Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:42:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:42:06 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: atar Subject: Re: TL-WN722N support on FreeBSD. In-Reply-To: <73C363A9-5608-4A2B-B9F3-D96E8BA93050@gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <73C363A9-5608-4A2B-B9F3-D96E8BA93050@gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (BSF 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:42:07 -0600 (MDT) Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:42:14 -0000 On Sun, 31 Aug 2014, atar wrote: > Here's additional place where FreeBSD has lack of support: USB based printers. > > Here's a citation from the FreeBSD handbook (page no. 251): > >> USB interfaces, named for the Universal Serial Bus, can run at even >> faster speeds than parallel or RS-232 serial interfaces. Cables are >> simple and cheap. USB is superior to RS-232 Serial and to Parallel >> for printing, but it is not as well supported under UNIX systems. A >> way to avoid this problem is to purchase a printer that has both a >> USB interface and a Parallel interface, as many printers do. That appears to be an old version of the Handbook. The current printing chapter covers all four common connection types: https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing-connections.html