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 :-)
next prev parent 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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