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From: Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: NIC as RS232
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:06:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <478320ED.2010601@asyr.hopto.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47831CC3.9080604@asyr.hopto.org>

on 01/08/2008 08:48 AM Thanasis wrote the following:
> Is there a kernel driver that would make a NIC's port work as a RS232
> port, using the serial cables that are RJ45 on one side and DB9 or DB25
> on the other? Maybe null modem cables of that type ? Or for example
> those used by cisco as console port cables?
> 
> (or may be I'm dreaming ;-)
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 

Forget my previous question, as I understand now that I gave it a more
serious thought, that it is not a matter of driver, but an
incompatibility between the two in the layer/media carrier level.
(Yea, I was dreaming  :-)

  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-08  7:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-08  6:48 Thanasis
2008-01-08  7:06 ` Thanasis [this message]
2008-01-08  7:17 ` Matti Aarnio
2008-01-09  4:21 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2008-01-09  8:29   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-01-09 12:39     ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-01-09 16:23     ` Valdis.Kletnieks

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