From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Mar 25 20:26: 3 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D5137B401; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:26:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from luftpost.plosh.net (luftpost.plosh.net [204.152.186.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D014343F93; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:25:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from plosher+freebsd.org@plosh.net) Received: from 2001:4f8:3:bb:240:63ff:fec3:5921 (skaro.isc.org [2001:4f8:3:bb:240:63ff:fec3:5921]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by luftpost.plosh.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78C3B32606; Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:26:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from plosher+freebsd.org@plosh.net) From: Peter Losher To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multi-port serial IO support Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 20:26:27 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: <87adgq4x1y.fsf@delta.meridian-enviro.com> <87of3zflzk.wl@delta.meridian-enviro.com> In-Reply-To: <87of3zflzk.wl@delta.meridian-enviro.com> X-PGP-Key-Location: http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE8048D08 X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E21B 54E9 85E6 69AD 59FF 491E 3ED5 71F4 E804 8D08 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200303252026.27628@tardis.isc.org> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-26.1 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 -- plosher+freebsd.org@plosh.net - [ http://www.plosh.net/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message