From owner-freebsd-current Sat Mar 8 16:43:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA13745 for current-outgoing; Sat, 8 Mar 1997 16:43:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA13667 for ; Sat, 8 Mar 1997 16:43:23 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id LAA27770; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 11:12:18 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703090042.LAA27770@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: serial driver In-Reply-To: from Narvi at "Mar 8, 97 01:28:08 pm" To: narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee (Narvi) Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 11:12:18 +1030 (CST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Narvi stands accused of saying: > > > > The NS 16550AFC is known good. > > > > I think that's the whole list, actually. > > > > Well, it is shorter than I was afraid it would be 2-3 entries :-( There are a lot more than 2-3 entries. > After all, there are several UART makers (Zilog, TI, Philips, Dallas, > maybe also more). And out of all that stuff only one is known good? Damn. > Anyways, on the NS website they only talk about 16550D :-( I have no idea why Terry completely ignores me when I tell him that the current 16550 from NS is the PC16550D. It works. UARTs from TI and Startech have shown themselves to work quite well too. > Sander -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[