On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 12:40:16PM -0500, Joel L. Breazeale wrote: > > > Can anyone out there give me a recommendation on a manufacturer that has a > > > serial-to-USB adapter that works? > > > > The Edgeport and Keyspan devices _do_ work, if you don't insist on using > > a known buggy and insecure kernel that is quite a few years old... Oh > > yeah, there have been a _lot_ of USB fixes since that kernel release > > too. > > I'll pass along your comment. I believe the latest kernel for RH 7.3 > is 2.4.20-20.7. I should think that would be sufficient for the > Edgeport and Keyspan to work without kernel modification/recompile, > yes?
Yes, they should work just fine. If not, please let me (and Red Hat) know. > > > [I've checked the LiNUX-USB device list. That's how I found the above devices. > > > I'd really like to get someone with personal experience to respond. In the mean- > > > time I'll keep checking items in the device list.] > > > > How about a dirt cheap pl2303 based device. That might work for your > > application (although I would recommend a new kernel even for that > > device...) > > For some reason PL2303 (no matter what manufacturer) has the chance of > dropping the first character on the first read. My gut says is between > one in five and one in ten the first character will be dropped, so using > a PL2303-based device seems to not make sense. Yeah, I _just_ fixed this bug in the driver. It will show up in the 2.4.23 kernel release. > At this point we're going to have to seriously consider using a more > recent kernel. I think that is your best solution. Good luck, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
