Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:26:27 -0800 From: Peter Losher <plosher+freebsd.org@plosh.net> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multi-port serial IO support Message-ID: <200303252026.27628@tardis.isc.org> In-Reply-To: <87of3zflzk.wl@delta.meridian-enviro.com> References: <87adgq4x1y.fsf@delta.meridian-enviro.com> <EC87F8A7-5EDA-11D7-87E9-000A956888C8@lumeta.com> <87of3zflzk.wl@delta.meridian-enviro.com>
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On Tuesday 25 March 2003 08:29 am, Douglas K. Rand wrote:
> Tom> WARNING: driver rp should register devices with make_dev() (dev_t =
> Tom> "#rp/0x10082")
>
> While I haven't tested it, I expect that this message goes away with
> FreeBSD 4.7. The rp driver got some work done to it between 4.6 and
> 4.7.
Still happens on my FreeBSD 4.{6,7} console servers @work, where we use
RocketPorts pretty widely. (We even have some old RP ISA cards floating
around that are still in use)
WARNING: driver rp should register devices with make_dev() (dev_t =
"#rp/0x10014")
I did hear that a new rp driver (nrp?) had been written/committed in -CURRENT
sometime late last year, and apparently made it in 5.0-RELEASE, but hadn't
been back-ported to -STABLE yet (but patches have been floating around in
the archives). I haven't had a chance to test it yet, although one of the
things the new driver apparently fixes is you are now able to use more than
one PCI card in a box. (we have some installs where we need a second PCI
card to drive a third/fourth "pod", where this would be useful)
> We just make our own cables and ends. Using flat satin cable, putting
> the RJ45 ends on is trivial, and Comtrol's pin out allows a cross over
> cable to be built by putting the RJ45 connector on one end of the
> cable on backwards.
That's what we do here... (tangled in a web of cat-5 and silver satin cables
at the moment)
Best Wishes - Peter
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