From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 21:54:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0608616AAE5 for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:54:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (alchemy.franken.de [194.94.249.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFCE543F1E for ; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:52:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: from alchemy.franken.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alchemy.franken.de (8.13.8/8.13.8/ALCHEMY.FRANKEN.DE) with ESMTP id kB4LqwID059531; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:52:59 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius@alchemy.franken.de) Received: (from marius@localhost) by alchemy.franken.de (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id kB4LqwFi059530; Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:52:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marius) Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 22:52:58 +0100 From: Marius Strobl To: Peter Losher Message-ID: <20061204215258.GA59351@alchemy.franken.de> References: <4531DE5B.10109@isc.org> <20061121211138.GA14799@alchemy.franken.de> <45639DB5.3030004@isc.org> <20061122225804.GU76234@alchemy.franken.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061122225804.GU76234@alchemy.franken.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using Netra T1 105's as console servers. X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:54:43 -0000 On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 11:58:04PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote: > On Tue, Nov 21, 2006 at 04:45:41PM -0800, Peter Losher wrote: > > Marius Strobl wrote: > > > > >> Has anyone used a T1 as a serial console server, and encountered these > > >> problems? > > > > > > FYI, in HEAD I've fixed rp(4) to work on sparc64. > > > > Hooray, any chance this can be backported to 6-STABLE? (or just a patch > > for now) ;) > > It needs no real backport; just grab the version from HEAD or > use the following patch, which also applies to RELENG_6: > http://people.freebsd.org/~marius/rp_64-bit_endian.diff > I've planned to MFC it to RELENG_6 in ~2 weeks. ...which I did some hours ago. Did the fix also work for you? > > > > > > I can also have a look at the USB drivers if you are still interested and tell me > > > which USB<->RS232 adapters you tried to use. On a quick glance at > > > least some of these drivers aren't endian-clean either. > > > > uplcom is the driver I am using for the USB<->RS232 converters we use > > (Prolific PL-2303/2303X/2303HX). > > Hrm, that's one of those drivers that actually look good to me :) > I'll see if I can get such hardware... ...which finally arrived today. At least with 7.0-CURRENT the adapter works just fine on sparc64 as expected (tested using the comms/minicom port). I haven't checked with RELENG_6, yet, but currently there are at least no driver specific differences in ucom(4) or uplcom(4) between RELENG_6 and HEAD. ucom0: on uhub0 Marius