On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 05:17:40PM +0100, Raimo Niskanen wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 10:32:52PM +0100, ropers wrote:
> > > o New uscom(4) driver for simple USB serial adapters.
> >
> > This reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask for some time:
> >
> > * Has anyone here used a USB-only laptop with a USB-to-serial adapter
> > as a serial console? (You know, instead of hardware that has a native
> > RS-232 port?
>
> Yes.
>
> > * Does uscom(4) make this any easier/is it more compatible than ucom(4)?
> > * If I buy a random USB-to-serial dongle, is it likely that it'll work
> > with either uscom(4) or ucom(4)? If not, does anyone have any hardware
> > recommendations, i.e. what do you use?
>
> I have got a cable labled ST-Lab USB-SERIAL-4 purchased from Dustin in
> Sweden, and it works well. I do not remember what device driver attaches
> to it and have not tried any other cables so I can not say even if it
> happens that some cable does not work due to e.g Windows-only drivers...
Now I just bought an Aten UC-232A-B and it seems to contain the same chip:
uplcom0 at uhub1 port 2 "Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller D"
rev 1.10/3.00 addr 2
ucom0 at uplcom0
>
> >
> > Thanks for any input
> >
> > regards,
> > ropers
>
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>
> / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
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/ Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
