Stefan Reinauer wrote: > * Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060723 04:15]: > >> Stefan mentioned that a simple pci serial port adapter wouldn't really >> work since you have to go through the serial bus to find it. >> > > And this was a wild guess. These adapters are available for below 10$. > Whoever can try this, please do. I would assume that this needs some > special initialization sequence at least as they are not connected via > the SuperIO chip, or are they? > > >> What about making a PCI card that ignored spec and always positively >> decoded port 80 or 90 or what ever we picked. Then you could stick it >> in and data would come out whenever outs to that port happened. >> > > a port 80 card "with a memory" or a serial interface on the other side? > Sounds good. And works on all machines that have slots. This way port80 > codes would not have a distinct meaning but be bytes written to > the console > > It seems to be on the horizon that there is not "1 final solution" to > this problem but rather "the most simple or cheapest solution for this or > that purpose" > > PCIe is the direction in the PC world. PCI will still be around for years mainly for MIPS/ARM SOC based network devices, routers, bridges etc.
PCIe Serial Cards http://www.serialgear.com/PCI-Express-Cards.html One-port (9-pin) serial (16550 UART) x1 PCI Express card http://www.siig.com/product.asp?pid=1020&catid=14 I haven't come across a PCIe Minicard to serial adapter yet. -Bari -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
