On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 05:17:40PM +0100, Raimo Niskanen wrote: > On Sat, Nov 01, 2014 at 10:32:52PM +0100, ropers wrote: > > > o New uscom(4) driver for simple USB serial adapters. > > > > This reminds me of something I've been meaning to ask for some time: > > > > * Has anyone here used a USB-only laptop with a USB-to-serial adapter > > as a serial console? (You know, instead of hardware that has a native > > RS-232 port? > > Yes. > > > * Does uscom(4) make this any easier/is it more compatible than ucom(4)? > > * If I buy a random USB-to-serial dongle, is it likely that it'll work > > with either uscom(4) or ucom(4)? If not, does anyone have any hardware > > recommendations, i.e. what do you use? > > I have got a cable labled ST-Lab USB-SERIAL-4 purchased from Dustin in > Sweden, and it works well. I do not remember what device driver attaches > to it and have not tried any other cables so I can not say even if it > happens that some cable does not work due to e.g Windows-only drivers...
Now I just bought an Aten UC-232A-B and it seems to contain the same chip: uplcom0 at uhub1 port 2 "Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller D" rev 1.10/3.00 addr 2 ucom0 at uplcom0 > > > > > Thanks for any input > > > > regards, > > ropers > > -- > > / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB -- / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB