From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 6 05:09:53 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 938E016A403 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 05:09:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from daisy2.compar.com (daisy2.compar.com [216.208.38.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2121343D46 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 05:09:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matt@gsicomp.on.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost.compar.com [127.0.0.1]) by daisy2.compar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51EE913C4A6; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 01:03:01 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown by localhost (amavisd-new, unix socket) id client-WZqTMnpu; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 01:02:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (CPE00062566c7bb-CM0011e6ede298.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [70.28.254.189]) by daisy2.compar.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1EDB13C479; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 01:02:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B8076128; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 01:42:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from unknown by localhost (amavisd-new, unix socket) id client-L2K7bnBr; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 01:42:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hermes (hermes.gsicomp.on.ca [192.168.0.18]) by gabby.gsicomp.on.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FFAE6105; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 01:41:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <00c101c6e905$d1a46cc0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> From: "Matt Emmerton" To: "Jan Mikkelsen" , "Karl Denninger" , References: <20061005151925.GA1156@FS.denninger.net> <005401c6e8fd$63a3ffe0$3301a8c0@janmxp> Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 01:10:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gsicomp.on.ca X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at compar.com Cc: Subject: Re: Recommendations for a serial port card you can actually BUY? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 05:09:53 -0000 > 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. Well, you could find (or hire) someone to fix the driver in 6.x, which would save you the cost of re-deploying hardware. (I'm assuming that the PR is a statement of "brokenness", and not one that has a patch that fixes the problem.) -- Matt Emmerton