Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 11:31:23 -0700 From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: Cyril Niklaus <cynik@gmx.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Are serial to USB adapters supported? Message-ID: <3D4D72FB.5020704@quack.kfu.com> References: <132FCB7B-A7C6-11D6-A87A-003065D548D4@gmx.co.uk>
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The keyspans don't work, but the IoGear one is supported by -current. The driver *should* be MFC'd shortly, and if you search the archives of this list you will find some instructions on how to manually MFC the driver for yourself. It works well enough to do things like sync palms or hook up wireless WAN devices or GPS receivers, etc. Cyril Niklaus wrote: > hi all, > > Wondering whether these adapters (the keyspan here, for ex: > <http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/USA19W/>) are understood by the > system (be it current or the latest release, I'd upgrade accordingly). > I'm looking at getting a garmin GPS system, and would need a serial port > on my laptop to connect the two. > But the laptop only has a serial 9 pin port if I plug the external > floppy drive; that would make the whole thing clumsy. This sharp mebius > pc-pj1 does however sport an usb port, which prompts my question. > Any success story, caveats etc? > thanks > Cyril > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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