On Tuesday 07 July 2009, Steve Underwood wrote: >Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> a while back, i was whining about the lack of functionality of a >> particular USB/serial converter: >> >> http://osdir.com/ml/fedora-test-list/2009-05/msg00398.html >> >> does anyone have such a converter that just plain works out of the >> box? i'm more than happy to buy and try another brand if it's the >> prolific product that's causing the trouble. > >The log shown there lists a Prolific pl2303 USB serial converter chip. >I've been using various converters based on those with Linux for several >years, and never had a problem. I use them at speeds up to 460800bps. > >Steve yes, and in a low traffic situation, they will throw away the first byte of a packet about 10% of the time. That is enough to make them worthless for most apps. Use FTDI stuff. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> Wisdom is rarely found on the best-seller list. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
