Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 16:49:39 -0500 From: "Nick Thompson" <Nick.Thompson@comtrol.com> To: "Jeff Blank" <jb000002@mr-happy.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Comtrol RocketPort 550 uPCI, 16-port Message-ID: <B1F576FE19C55C43B8D2E31F061B50C062C3A7@exchange.comtrol.com> In-Reply-To: <20071001042551.GA63314@mr-happy.com>
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>> Hi. First off, to get it out of the way, I work for Comtrol. This is = a >> Comtrol GMBH (used to be Comtrol UK, now Comtrol GMBH [Switzerland]) >> product. The two are separate companies now. Anyhow, if you have had >> this card for less than 30 days, I would hi,ghly recommend returning = it >> to the distributor for a RocketPort uPCI 16 port card, as this is a >> Comtrol U.S. product and we have a 6.2 driver for our entire = RocketPort >> line. >Thanks for the info. Is the external box with the RJ-45 serial ports=20 >(part # 99420-6) compatible with the Comtrol US card you're about to >send the link for, or would I need to send that back as well? You can hang onto the interface, it's compatible with both the = RocketPort 550 uPCI 16p as well as the RocketPort uPCI 16p. Here is the = link to the page about the RocketPort uPCI 16p:=20 http://www.comtrol.com/products/specifications/99355-1 >> other Unices guy in tech support at Comtrol U.S. and I would = definitely >> like to extend an invitation for anyone who would like a copy of the >> driver to email me at my work address=20 >Does this mean that the US card is not supported by the rp driver that >comes with FreeBSD 6.2, or was that mostly aimed at folks who run an >OS (version) that doesn't include a driver? > >Thanks again, >Jeff What that meant was that the driver that comes with FreeBSD 6.2 is an = older version of the driver. (Much older, 8 years older I believe.) I've = heard from folks who've had success with the driver that comes with 6.2 = with certain cards, and heard from folks who've had success after = hacking the code a bit with other cards. Either way, I am trying to get = things to a point that our FreeBSD customers can be confident that their = cards will be supported now, and into the future. When I arrived here, = the last release was for FreeBSD 5.3: ftp://ftp.comtrol.com/rport/drivers/u_pci/freebsd/5_x/1800255a.tgz Since I personally run FreeBSD at home, and can see the value in keeping = our drivers up to date with the current release, I wanted to get things = up to date. I put in an engineering request for a 6.x driver, and we = have it now.=20 It's in the beta phase, and we have beta customers running it with no = complaints at the moment. I will have to put the link up into this = thread once it gets uploaded to the ftp server, which should be by the = end of the week. Regards, Nick Nick Thompson Technical Support Specialist nick.thompson@comtrol.com Comtrol Corporation ftp://ftp.comtrol.com 6655 Wedgwood Rd. Ste 120 http://www.comtrol.com Maple Grove, MN. 55311 Sales: (800)GO-ROCKET
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