usb

[mbrodeur at NextTime.com (Matthew J. Brodeur)]

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On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, dan moylan wrote:

> i possess a usb to serial adaptor.

   Which one?  Knowing the make and model of the device would be a great 
help in this situation.


> is there any hope that such a device can be made to work
> under linux?  my fond hope was to connect the adaptor to
> a modem.

   That's a good question.  Some adapters work very well, some will not 
work with a stock RH kernel, some need a newer kernel to work properly, 
and some are just not supported by Linux.
   For example, the Keyspan adapters will NOT work until you rebuild your 
kernel with the right firmware included.  In my case a Keyspan USA-19W 
also causes a kernel panic with anything older than 2.4.7 or so.


- -- 
     -Matt

The goal of science is to build a better mousetrap; the goal of nature
is to build a better mouse.

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