[FADCA] Serial PCI cards w/ Linux

Chuck Hast wchast at gmail.com
Wed Nov 23 20:25:52 EST 2005


On 11/23/05, Jack Sterba <jack at collective.homelinux.net> wrote:
> USB to Serial devices should work the same way, except they will be
> /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1 ... and so on. My only concern is with how they
> are recognized by the system on a restart. If the adapters don't load up the
> same way each time, then the ports will be different. I have two adapters
> here at home and will try to test it out this weekend and see what happens.
>

Yes, this is my concern. I have tested two addapters and both times they
loaded up in the same sequence, but I worry about the day that there is only
one on it and it is not the first one in the sequence, I have not tested that
out yet.

--
Chuck Hast
To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going
out and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn
and twisted metal."


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