On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 09:18:38AM +0800, csj wrote: > At Wed, 1 Oct 2003 05:09:56 +0100, Pigeon wrote: > > ISTR from http://www.ftdi.com - who make USB-to-some-easier-format > > conversion chips - the answer is 'something straightforward'. Long > > time since I looked at the site though. Chances are it would be > > recognised as a USB device and you'd need to symlink it to /dev/modem. > > It might depend on who made the conversion chip to some extent. > > Do you mean my serial modem is going to become a USB modem?
Er... As far as the kernel is concerned, it'll be a USB device. But that doesn't really need to concern you, I think. As far as userland stuff is concerned, it'll be an ordinary serial modem, just you talk to it via something other than /dev/ttySx. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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