From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Sep 23 9:57:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from meson.jpsystems.com (209-184-70-169.jpsystems.com [209.184.70.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 13DBA14F72 for ; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:57:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msokolov@meson.jpsystems.com) Received: by meson.jpsystems.com (5.67/1.35) id AA11281; Thu, 23 Sep 99 12:02:31 -0500 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 99 12:02:31 -0500 From: msokolov@meson.jpsystems.com (Michael Sokolov) Message-Id: <9909231702.AA11281@meson.jpsystems.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: USB tty devices Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi there, I wonder, does the FreeBSD USB support include generic tty devices that would look like normal ttys to the userland? I'm working with devices that used to be normal RS-232, but the most recent model uses USB instead. Folks say that everything is the same except for USB being used instead of RS-232, so I guess I need some support in the kernel that would make a USB device look exactly the same as normal RS-232 tty ports. I wonder, does FreeBSD have this and if it does, what's the minimum version I need? I'm running 2.2.8 right now. TIA. -- Michael Sokolov 2695 VILLA CREEK DR STE 240 Software Engineer DALLAS TX 75234-7329 USA JP Systems, Inc. Phone: +1-972-484-5432 x247 or +1-888-665-2460 x247 E-mail: msokolov@meson.jpsystems.com Fax: +1-972-484-4154 P.S. These devices are Palm OS connected organizers that use RS-232 for their HotSync protocol. HandSpring is making a new Palm OS device that uses USB instead, and I have been given the task of making it possible to talk to these critters from UNIX as it is possible with normal PalmPilots using pilot-link /dev/cuaa0 or whatever. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message