Serial Converter

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Roland,

thanks for the reply

all fixed now.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Roland Smith [mailto:rsmith at xs4all.nl]
Sent: Sunday, 29 April 2007 9:25 p.m.
To: Mark Mumby
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Serial Converter


On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 08:31:54PM +1200, Mark Mumby wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am currently running 5.4 release and i have problems with a usb serial
> converter (a FDTI version).
>
> When i do a usbdev -v i get -
> Controller /dev/usb2:
> addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, OHCI root hub(0x0000),
> SiS(0x0000), rev 1.00
>  port 1 addr 2: full speed, self powered, config 1, Standard USB
> Hub(0x3301), Atmel(0x03eb), rev 3.00
>   port 1 powered
>   port 2 powered
>   port 3 addr 3: full speed, power 44 mA, config 1, USB to Serial
> Converter(0x0421), Generic(0x0b39), rev 2.00
>   port 4 powered
>
> In usbdev there is -
> -- vendor part --
> vendor SIIG2            0x0b39  SIIG
>
> -- known products part --
> product SIIG2 US2308            0x0421  USB to Serial
>
> uftdi.c also seems to be aware of it -
>         if (uaa->vendor == USB_VENDOR_SIIG2 &&
>             (uaa->product == USB_PRODUCT_SIIG2_US2308))
>
> Everything seems to be there but for some reason i get the ugen driver
which
> does not work.

First, uftdi(4) needs ucom(4). Is that available?

Second, it does look like a bug. But 5.4 is quite old now. You should
try 6.2, or at least 5.5.

Roland
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