Warner Losh scribbled this message on Sep 5:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Reilly writes:
> : So there's going to be manufacturer-specific terminal/serial port drivers
> : to talk to the serial ports on USB-attached laptop docking stations, like
> : the Annex ethernet terminal server things? I guess in the Windows world
> : they must provide 16550-virtualisation software, or else everyone's copy of
> : Telix or TeraTerm won't work. Or the parallel ports vs parallel-port
> : scanners. Or maybe these docking stations just won't work at all...
>
> No. The Windows world presents a standard SERIAL DRIVER interface, at
> least that's the theory that is preached. I see no reason why a USB
> serial port wouldn't do the same. USB defines a serial port
> interface, IIRC, which is the same across manufacturers (in theory)
> which would be handled by a single USB driver in our USB stack.
so, Cyclades (cy) presents an interface similar to sio but ISN'T the sio
drive... we just need to write a driver for the USB serial devices
that present the same interface as the sio to get a compatible device
driver... sio isn't designed to handle a smart device over usb.. it's
designed to interface w/ the family of 8250 IC chips and nothing more...
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