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Date:      Fri, 6 Oct 2006 05:17:24 +0800
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recommendations for a serial port card you can actually BUY?
Message-ID:  <20061005211724.GB95111@svzserv.kemerovo.su>
In-Reply-To: <20061005202144.GA11105@FS.denninger.net>
References:  <20061005151925.GA1156@FS.denninger.net> <20061005190822.GA15547@icarus.home.lan> <20061005202144.GA11105@FS.denninger.net>

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On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 03:21:44PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote:

> FreeBSD's USB support has always been somewhat deficient.

Yes.

>  For example,
> apcupsd can't talk to their UPSs over the USB bus, even though the software
> itself knows how, because FreeBSD doesn't know what a UPS is and throws up
> its hands when you plug it in.

apcupsd works with FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE and later. It uses ugen(4)
interface to talk with UPS. It has no problems with my BackUPS CS 500.

Do not try it with 4.11-RELEASE, though - it won't work.

Eugene Grosbein



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