[NTLUG:Discuss] USB Serial
Daniel Hauck
daniel at yacg.com
Mon Apr 21 15:38:48 CDT 2008
I definitely like that serial device over the one I have. Yours had
blinky lights! Very useful to know when things are working or not.
Chris Cox さんは書きました:
> Dennis Rice wrote:
>> I am using FC8 on my laptop and have recently obtained a Keyspan USB
>> serial interface. The vendor claims Linux compatibility and that the
>> drivers are included with Linux kernel 2.6.
>
> Keyspan "says" a lot of things. These guys plaster the tux logo
> on their devices even when there are NO drivers available... then they
> contract out a hired gun (working for peanuts) to write drivers to
> encapsulate their secret firmware so the device works.... but NOT
> necessarily for all of their devices and not necessarily at the
> same time... so it's possible to have a product with the Linux logo
> on it from keyspan that will NEVER be supported.
>
> I own a Keyspan device... went to the store and picked up a
> no name Chinese device, worked right out of the box.
>
> The device is this one (I just picked a site of Google, not
> necessarily recommending this site as a source):
> http://www.serialgear.com/1-Port-Serial-USB-U232-P9.html
>
>> Does anyone have experience to figuring out which tty it would appear
>> on, or other dev interface. It works on M$ as com port 5.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
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