From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 30 00:20:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93E681065672 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:20:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8564B8FC1E for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:20:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 34A501CC060; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:20:30 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Ed Maste Message-ID: <20080330002030.GA83172@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <47EEBE78.5050506@unsane.co.uk> <20080329222049.GA80263@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <20080329233430.GA23687@sandvine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080329233430.GA23687@sandvine.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB-Serial converters [Was: Panic with usb serial] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:20:30 -0000 On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 07:34:30PM -0400, Ed Maste wrote: > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 03:20:49PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > Also, I'd like to know what USB serial adapter you're using (brand, > > model, and a website of it if possible), for unrelated reasons. Thanks! > > The "Cables Unlimited" USB-Serial adapter from TigerDirect[1] is based on > the FTDI chipset and works really well. It supports up to 1MBps and can > do non-standard rates (in -CURRENT). > > That said, we've got pretty comprehensive support for USB-serial > converters. I've bought five or six different ones, with the "Cables > Unlimited" one being the most expensive, and they're all supported. The > cheaper ones I've tried either don't do arbitrary rates, support only up > to 115200, or occasionally drop characters under continuous communication > though. > > [1] http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1104139&CatId=447 I was looking to pick up a few (one for my laptop which lacks a serial port, and another for around-the-house usage, as serial ports are becoming less and less common on motherboards) which did 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, and (primarily) 115200 bps reliably and worked with FreeBSD. That adapter is exactly what I'm looking for! Thanks much! :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |