Tom> I am a little concerned that the first time you use it, the Tom> driver logs to dmesg:
Tom> WARNING: driver rp should register devices with make_dev() (dev_t = Tom> "#rp/0x10082") While I haven't tested it, I expect that this message goes away with FreeBSD 4.7. The rp driver got some work done to it between 4.6 and 4.7. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/dev/rp/rp.c Tom> Has the driver been updated since FreeBSD 4.5? (Yeah, our Tom> RocketPorts are on older machines... a testament to how reliable Tom> FreeBSD 4.x is :-) ...we haven't needed to upgrade them). Our box handling the serial consoles is also running 4.5. :) Tom> My other concern is that the RocketPorts have RJ45 connectors and Tom> finding the right cable is sometimes difficult. They look like Tom> modern Cisco RJ45 serial ports, but they aren't compatible. I Tom> wish there was a vendor that I could call and say, "Hi! I have Tom> this weird device... here's my credit-card #... send me the right Tom> cable for my console server." There is no standard for running a RS232 serial connection over RJ45 connectors like there is for DB-25 and DB-9 connectors. I wish there were, but.... We just make our own cables and ends. Using flat satin cable, putting the RJ45 ends on is trivial, and Comtrol's pin out allows a cross over cable to be built by putting the RJ45 connector on one end of the cable on backwards. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
