Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:22:34 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for a serial port card you can actually BUY? Message-ID: <20061006002234.GC82687@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20061006000956.GC2473@FS.denninger.net> References: <20061005151925.GA1156@FS.denninger.net> <20061005190822.GA15547@icarus.home.lan> <20061005202144.GA11105@FS.denninger.net> <20061005210447.GA82687@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <20061006000956.GC2473@FS.denninger.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 07:09:56PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote: > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 04:04:47PM -0500, Brooks Davis wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 05, 2006 at 03:21:44PM -0500, Karl Denninger wrote: > > > > > > FreeBSD's USB support has always been somewhat deficient. 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. > > > > This is false for at least the APC SmartUPS the machine I'm sending this > > from is connected to. I wouldn't be suprised if it was true once, but > > it isn't today. > > > > ugen0: American Power Conversion Smart-UPS 750 FW:651.12.D USB FW:4.2, rev 1.10/0.06, addr 2 > > Does apcupsd connect to it? I tried this back on 5.x and it failed > miserably. It identified the unit, but wouldn't talk to it. Yes. I get notifications of power failures and can query status. -- Brooks [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFJaHJXY6L6fI4GtQRAuoIAJ9NtLjDN8lqWrt/14551vS78BaUHwCfQgyc QvJhIeIEw8o6cKRMfeFdWNo= =rhh+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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