Last I checked they are pretty much all generically supported under the
stock USB driver. I used a generic cheapo one to control a LCD
character panel about a year ago using a stock 2.4.X kernel. As far as
Linux could tell it was a plain jane RS232 device at /dev/ttyS2. The
nice thing about USB is that it'll scale quite nicely for serial devices
since it's so much faster than any reasonable RS232 device you'd ever
use. You might need to invest in a USB hub if your motherboard doesn't
have connectors, but at this point I wouldn't sweat it.
Drew Zerdecki wrote:
Because I won't have an available PCI slot for a serial port card, can I
use a usb to serial device with Linux/LIRC support so that at least one
of the directv boxes can be controlled through this usb adapter? If so,
what kind of USB to Serial adapters should I purchase? Any additionally
Linux drivers necessary?
Thanks for the assistance.
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