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Date:      Tue, 22 Mar 2016 21:44:22 -0400
From:      Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com>
To:        bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Using one RPI2 as a serial terminal for a second RPI2
Message-ID:  <20160322214422.00e3bcf8@kan>
In-Reply-To: <20160323012413.GA86944@www.zefox.net>
References:  <20160323012413.GA86944@www.zefox.net>

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On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:24:13 -0700
bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote:

> Is there a way to operate an RPI2  single user with the HDMI monitor
> and a USB keyboard?  
> 
> Is it practical to cross-connect the UART pins and use cu on one RPI2
> to communicate with a second? 
> 
> If not, is there a USB-to-3.3v UART adapter which
> uses existing FreeBSD drivers? Amazon.com is full of cables, but most
> speak only of Windows and Mac OS X. 
> 
> Thanks for reading!
> 
> bob prohaska
>  
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I do not see why cross-connect would not work, so that is certainly an
option. Also, virtually every USB-to-UART cable out there is based on
either UFTDI or Prolific chips, both of which are supported quite well
under FreeBSD.

-- 
Alexander Kabaev

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