Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:58:05 +0100 From: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB serial port vs 6.1 Message-ID: <20080129215805.GC29389@tirith.brixandersen.dk> In-Reply-To: <479ee10c.j/gABwE/kBS7W%2BpA%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 12:17:16AM -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Does 6.1 have some fundamental problem with USB serial devices? No (but you ought to update to 6.3). > I'm trying a USB-serial converter after getting nowhere with > connecting a USB modem directly -- the modem also has a DB9 -- > and getting the same unexpected behavior from the converter as > from the modem. > > When connected, the console reports: > > ugen0: FIDI usb serial converter, rev 1.10/4.00, addr 3 > > Device nodes are created: > > # ls -l /dev/ug* > crw-r--r-- 1 root operator 1, 15 Nov 24 21:17 /dev/ugen0 > crw-r--r-- 1 root operator 1, 16 Nov 24 21:17 /dev/ugen0.1 > crw-r--r-- 1 root operator 1, 17 Nov 24 21:17 /dev/ugen0.2 These device nodes are created by ugen(4), which is not what you want. You need to load the uftdi(4) kernel module before plugging in the FTDI based USB<->RS-232 device. That driver should create a /dev/ttyU0 or similar named device node. Brix -- Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@FreeBSD.org> [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iEYEARECAAYFAkefoW0ACgkQv+Q4flTiePiLWQCfXZkh7rMBAHKNzUhNyjQh30aI TOkAnA2Gjy1Hpn8rGJ/0kDA1wQtu1mQM =UlQL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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