Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 13:27:39 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB-to-serial adapter configuration Message-ID: <20090518112739.GA97602@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905181559360.19313@localhost> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905181559360.19313@localhost>
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On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 04:07:09PM +0000, Saifi Khan typed: > Hi all: > > How does one configure settings for USB-to-serial adapter in FreeBSD ? > > The one i have purchased is > http://www.usbgear.com/computer_cable_details.cfm?sku=CHEAP-SERIAL&cats=199&catid=482%2C1303%2C199%2C461%2C106%2C1009%2C601 > > On the Gentoo box, 'lsusb' displays it as: > Bus 002 Device 003: ID 067b:2303 > Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port Your adapter should be recognised by the uplcom driver. put uplcom_load="YES" in loader.conf or load manually. Check dmesg for the device name. Also, I think cu is "good enough" ;) Ruben > i have to access a headless AMD64X2 box running FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE, > from a FreeBSD 8.0 laptop. > > So far, i've used 'cu' and '/dev/cu0a', but thats because both > the systems had a serial port interface. > > The key info i'm looking for is: > . what is the driver to load > . what is the device entry to look for > . is 'cu' good enough or i need to install some other tool > > > thanks > Saifi. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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