From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 21 20:09:19 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id UAA25984 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:09:19 -0800 Received: from zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za (zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za [146.64.24.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id UAA25970 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:09:09 -0800 Received: (from jhay@localhost) by zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) id GAA12876; Wed, 22 Nov 1995 06:07:01 +0200 From: John Hay Message-Id: <199511220407.GAA12876@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> Subject: Re: synchronous support? To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1995 06:07:01 +0200 (SAT) Cc: archie@tribe.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199511212302.PAA07259@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Nov 21, 95 03:02:19 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 849 Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > No.. async only.. > there are two sync boards > > check www.etinc.com for emerging technologies, who have serveral boards > and have drivers for FreeBSD. They also have a cool set of capabilities > when it comes to software to run Frame relay and other such things. > > there has also just been added a driver for another sync card > (into -current) but I can't remember which.. > it's not known how much software there is to run on it yet... > The other card is the Digi SYNC/570i. They were called Arnet previously. The driver support sync PPP and CiscoHDLC modes. If you want to know more about the cards, their URL is: http://www.dgii.com/ > > > > > Does the 16550A support synchronous mode, and if so, is there a driver > > for it? Eg, can you use the "sio" driver with baud rate zero? > > John -- John Hay -- John.Hay@csir.co.za