Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:10:42 +1000 From: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com> To: "Karl Denninger" <karl@denninger.net>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Recommendations for a serial port card you can actually BUY? Message-ID: <005401c6e8fd$63a3ffe0$3301a8c0@janmxp> References: <20061005151925.GA1156@FS.denninger.net>
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Hi, Karl Denninger wrote: > So..... I have an application that requires six serial ports, and would > like ten. 5.x FreeBSD versions are being EOL'd per the announcement, > forcing me to move to 6.x. The Comtrol driver for the "Smart" > Rocketport boards is broken in 6.x, and the PR appears to be one > that will sit and rot. > > What options do I have in the FreeBSD universe here guys? This is a > real no-BS production application that has hundreds of deployed instances, > and it is in no way "obsolete" or something I intend to stop supporting. > > I know serial I/O is passe for many, but some of us have applications that > actually require it, and can't rationally be moved to anything else due > to external hardware considerations. I do serial I/O a bit. I use USB to RS232 and USB to RS485/RS422 devices. There are a bunch of vendors, they are cheap and seem to work well. I have also seen (but not used) 4 port versions of these things, and I wouldn't be surprised if you could find an eight port version as well. Regards, Jan Mikkelsen
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