[Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual ethernet board. The idea is to have 1 serial port available for each ethernet port and then have one or two left over for other tasks. Is there Soekris

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Maurice Janssen
On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual ethernet board. Why not use serial ports over USB? Maurice

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Maurice Janssen wrote: On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual ethernet board. Why not use serial ports over USB? That might be

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only wrote: hey, On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:55:37AM +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: The idea is to have 1 serial port available for each ethernet port and then have one or two left over for other tasks. Is there Soekris hardware that can do this? If not can existing

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Wim Vandeputte Mailing list only
hey, On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:19:24AM +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: Maurice Janssen wrote: On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Nood??n wrote: I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Maurice Janssen
On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 11:19:24 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: Maurice Janssen wrote: On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Marc Balmer
* Chris Babcock wrote: Lars Noodén wrote: Maurice Janssen wrote: On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual ethernet board.

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Chris Babcock
Marc Balmer wrote: * Chris Babcock wrote: Lars Noodén wrote: Maurice Janssen wrote: On Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:55:37 +0300, Lars Noodén wrote: I'm looking into a project that appears to require two PCI cards operating at the same time: one 4 port serial PCI card and one PCI Dual

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Lars Noodén
Marc Balmer wrote: * Chris Babcock wrote: Keyspan has a quad-port USB serial adapter. http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa49wg/ keyspan adapters require firmware to be loaded. check if your OS supports them. These will be running OpenBSD. I'll keep the Keyspan adapters in mind, but they

Re: [Soekris] Two PCI peripherals on one unit?

2008-08-22 Thread Marc Balmer
* Lars Noodén wrote: Marc Balmer wrote: * Chris Babcock wrote: Keyspan has a quad-port USB serial adapter. http://www.keyspan.com/products/usa49wg/ keyspan adapters require firmware to be loaded. check if your OS supports them. These will be running OpenBSD. I'll keep the