On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:19 PM, Christopher Hilton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 16, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Kevin Kadow <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Michael Sierchio <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I'm looking for a 4- or 8-port serial card that works with FreeBSD 9.X, for >>> either net5501 or net6501. >>> >>> Suggestions entertained. >> >> >> I use the Sunix SER5066A card with my Net5501, but not under FreeBSD. > > I was using one of the Comtrol Rocketport 8 port cards with a Net5501-60. But > I ran FreeBSD 8-STABLE. The driver for the comtrol is still in FreeBSD though > you may need to compile a custom kernel or play with /boot/loader.conf to > access the card. The card is a: > > Comtrol RocketPort uPCI > P/N: 5002265 > > Note two things: > [snip] Sorry it took so long to get back to you. My configuration for doing a pxeboot install of FreeBSD 9.x was a little pooched and required more concentration than I could give it until today. I have the RocketPort uPCI installed in a Net5501-60 running last weeks 9-STABLE built from source. Everything runs okay and I see 8 cuaR0* devices in the the /dev directory. The rp driver is not built into the GENERIC kernel. I had to add a "device rp" line to my kernel configuration and build new kernel but it appears automatically. -- Chris P.S. As a final test I connected the serial hydra cable to the card and looped port 0 back to the console on the soekris: ----------------------------------------------------------- $ cu -l /dev/cuaR00 -s 19200 can't open log file /var/log/aculog. Connected FreeBSD/i386 (soekris.vindaloo.com) (ttyu0) login: FreeBSD/i386 (soekris.vindaloo.com) (ttyu0) login: -----------------------------------------------------------
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