Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:09:56 -0500 From: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for a serial port card you can actually BUY? Message-ID: <20061006000956.GC2473@FS.denninger.net> In-Reply-To: <20061005210447.GA82687@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20061005151925.GA1156@FS.denninger.net> <20061005190822.GA15547@icarus.home.lan> <20061005202144.GA11105@FS.denninger.net> <20061005210447.GA82687@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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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. -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net) Internet Consultant & Kids Rights Activist http://www.denninger.net My home on the net - links to everything I do! http://scubaforum.org Your UNCENSORED place to talk about DIVING! http://genesis3.blogspot.com Musings Of A Sentient Mind
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