From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 21:58:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D74C316A417 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:58:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brix@FreeBSD.org) Received: from solow.pil.dk (relay.pil.dk [195.41.47.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9875913C457 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:58:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brix@FreeBSD.org) Received: from tirith.brixandersen.dk (0x55534f5f.adsl.cybercity.dk [85.83.79.95]) by solow.pil.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEDA61CC0DB for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:58:06 +0100 (CET) Received: by tirith.brixandersen.dk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EFF1411436; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:58:05 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:58:05 +0100 From: Henrik Brix Andersen To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080129215805.GC29389@tirith.brixandersen.dk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org References: <479ee10c.j/gABwE/kBS7W+pA%perryh@pluto.rain.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <479ee10c.j/gABwE/kBS7W+pA%perryh@pluto.rain.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.brixandersen.dk/files/HenrikBrixAndersen.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Subject: Re: USB serial port vs 6.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:58:07 -0000 --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > When connected, the console reports: >=20 > ugen0: FIDI usb serial converter, rev 1.10/4.00, addr 3 >=20 > Device nodes are created: >=20 > # 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 --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iEYEARECAAYFAkefoW0ACgkQv+Q4flTiePiLWQCfXZkh7rMBAHKNzUhNyjQh30aI TOkAnA2Gjy1Hpn8rGJ/0kDA1wQtu1mQM =UlQL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VywGB/WGlW4DM4P8--