On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 8:54 AM, Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> wrote: > On Mar 03 08:46:11, h...@stare.cz wrote: > > This is current/amd64 (dmesg below). I got me this > > https://www.alza.cz/EN/axago-pcea-s2-d277216.htm > > to have two extra serial ports to connect to my ALIXes. > > It shows up in dmesg as > > > > puc0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "NetMos Nm9922" rev 0x00: ports: 1 com > > com4 at puc0 port 0 apic 2 int 16: st16650, 32 byte fifo > > puc1 at pci2 dev 0 function 1 "NetMos Nm9922" rev 0x00: ports: 1 com > > com5 at puc1 port 0 apic 2 int 17: st16650, 32 byte fifo > > Hm, puc(4) says > > The current design of this driver keeps any com ports on these > cards from easily being used as console. Of course, because boards with > those are PCI boards, they also suffer from dynamic address > assignment, which also means that they can't easily be used as console. > > What do people use as a serial port expansion then > to connect to the ALIX serial console? > > Jan > > I recently bought a cheap USB com port adapter which works fine. It shows up as ucom0 in dmesg, and uses the /dev/ttyU0 device.
I ordered it here https://www.apu-board.de/produkte/digitus-da-70156.html in case you're interested.
