On Wed, 1 May 2002, Martijn Sipkema wrote: > > > This is nice. What documentation did you use for writing the driver? > > > > http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/~sbartels/unitor/unitor8_doc.txt > > > > It's in German. I have a translation of it I made using some online > > translation thingy a while ago, but I still find the German version a bit > > more readable (and my German really sucks). > > I have that document also. Emagic would not give me any AMT > documentation, that's why I aksed.
Did they actually say 'no', or just didn't answer? > > > Also, using a kernel driver does not allow using many different serial > > > hardware, right? > > > > I don't see why not. As long as it doesn't limit itself to a maximum of > > one instance at a time. > > How does this work then? Can a file be opened from kernel space? Or is > there a kernel module with an standard interface for serial devices? > This would be needed in order to be able to use other than standard pc > serial hardware such as usb serial convertors and professional multi > port serial adapters, right? The best way would be to simply use /dev/ttyS* from userspace. This eliminates any dependencies on the underlying serial driver. I think. > I was under the impression you were accessing the serial hardware > directly. Yes I am, but only the port in question. The other ports can still be accessed in whatever way you like. It's still an ugly approach though. -- Manush
