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11. Controllers (multiport)

11.1 Non-intelligent cards

Supported

  • AST FourPort and clones (4 port)
  • Accent Async-4 (4 port)
  • Arnet Multiport-8 (8 port)
  • Bell Technologies HUB6 (6 port)
  • Boca BB-1004, 1008 (4, 8 port) - no DTR, DSR, and CD
  • Boca BB-2016 (16 port)
  • Boca IO/AT66 (6 port)
  • Boca IO 2by4 (4 serial / 2 parallel, uses 5 IRQ's)
  • Computone ValuePort (4, 6, 8 port) (AST FourPort compatible)
  • DigiBoard PC/X, PC/Xem, PCI/Xem, EISA/Xem, PCI/Xr (4, 8, 16 port)
  • Comtrol Hostess 550 (4, 8 port)
  • PC-COMM 4-port (4 port)
  • SIIG I/O Expander 4S (4 port, uses 4 IRQ's)
  • STB 4-COM (4 port)
  • Twincom ACI/550
  • Usenet Serial Board II (4 port)

Non-intelligent cards usually come in two varieties, one using standard com port addresses and use 4 IRQ's, and another that's AST FourPort compatible and uses a selectable block of addresses and a single IRQ. (Addresses and IRQ's are set using setserial.) If you're getting one of these cards, be sure to check which standard it conforms to, prices are no indication.

11.2 Intelligent cards

Supported

  • Computone IntelliPort II (4/8/16 port)
    ftp://ftp.computone.com/pub/bbs/beta/ip2linux-1.0.2.tar.gz
  • Cyclades Cyclom-Y (RISC-based, 8-32 ports) (ISA/PCI)
    http://www.cyclades.com/
  • Cyclades-Z (high-end, 16-64 ports) (PCI)
    http://www.cyclades.com/
  • DigiBoard PC/Xe (ISA), PC/Xi (EISA) and PC/Xeve
    ftp://ftp.digibd.com/drivers/linux/
  • Equinox SST Intelligent serial I/O cards
    http://www.equinox.com
  • Hayes ESP 1, 2 and 8 port versions
    Included in kernel since 2.1.15. The driver for kernel versions 2.0.x can be found at http://www.nyx.net/~arobinso
  • Stallion EasyIO (ISA) / EasyConnection 8/32 (ISA/MCA) / EasyConnection 8/64 (PCI)
    For DIP switch settings and configuration files check http://www.stallion.com
  • Stallion EasyConnection 8/64 (ISA/EISA) / ONboard (ISA/EISA/MCA) / Brumby (ISA)
    The latest driver can be found at ftp://ftp.stallion.com/drivers/ata5/Linux/v544.tar.gz

Alpha, Beta drivers

  • Comtrol RocketPort (8/16/32 port)
    ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/comtrol-1.04.tar.gz (kernels 1.2.x). A driver for kernels 2.x can be found at http://ftp.leidenuniv.nl/linux/tsx-11/packages/comtrol/
  • DigiBoard COM/Xi
    Contact Simon Park ( si@wimpol.demon.co.uk) or Mark Hatle ( fray@krypton.mankato.msus.edu). NOTE: both email addresses seem not to exist any longer.
  • Moxa C102, C104, C168, C218 (8 port), C320 (8/16/24/32 expandable) and C320T
    ftp://ftp.moxa.com.tw/drivers/linux/
  • RISCom/8
  • Specialix SIO/XIO (modular, 4 to 32 ports)
    ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/sidrv.taz
  • Specialix IO8+
    Contact devices@BitWizard.nl


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