Re: MCT USB <-> RS232 adapter.

[Nathan Binkert <binkertn@umich.edu>]

If someone gives me one of these adapters, I can port this driver, but it
probably wouldn't be in time for the 3.0 release.

  Nathan

> :I've gotten my hands on a MCT serial - USB adapter,
> :model U232-P25, URL: <http://www.mct.com.tw/p_u232.html>
> :(just advertisements). There is a driver for it in Linux,
> :(http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.4/doc/usb/usb-serial.txt.html).
> :
> :I'd like to ask if there is any remote possibility to get an OpenBSD
> :driver, and what I should do to help. I'm not the programmer type, I've
> :been told, but since the adapter is useless to me without OpenBSD support,
> :I'd love to lend it where it is needed.
>
> NetBSD has a driver for this adapter, but i don't know the effort involved
> to import it:
>
> NAME
>      umct - USB support for MCT USB-RS232 serial adapters driver
>
> SYNOPSIS
>      umct*  at uhub?
>      ucom*  at umct?
>
> HARDWARE
>      The umct driver supports the following adapters:
>
> 	   MCT USB-RS232 Converter 25 pin Model U232-P25
> 	   MCT USB-RS232 Converter 9 pin Model U232-P9
> 	   Sitecom USB-RS232 Converter
> 	   D-Link DU-H3SP USB BAY
>
> DESCRIPTION
>      The umct driver provides support for MCT USB-to-RS232 Converter and there
>      family products.
>
>      The device is accessed through the ucom(4) driver which makes it behave
>      like a tty(4).
>
> SEE ALSO
>      tty(4), ucom(4), usb(4)
>
> HISTORY
>      The umct driver appeared in NetBSD 1.6.