[gentoo-user] Re: Wine + USB to serial adapter

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Adam Carter <Adam.Carter <at> optus.com.au> writes:


> Is /dev/ttyUSB0 as 
> functional as a regular /etc/ttyS0? I have a USB to serial adapter 
> that uses the pl2303 driver, and have 

It's listed in the kernel sources so it should work..

make menuconfig
-->device drivers
-->usb
-->USB Serial Converter Support
--> Prolific 2303 Single Port Serial Driver


> - will other USB to 
> serial adapter with better linux drivers work?
> - or will i have to 
> try a PCCard serial adapter?


FTDI work very well under windows or linux. Once you add the
appropriate driver (via the linux kernel) you can boot
either winblows or linux and use the 9pin-serial-to-usb
as you like with either OS.


These sorts of products are build upon various chipsets from
different vendors, but, there are standards so as long as 
a linux driver exists for the chipset that is used in your
product, it should work reliably and consistently, under
linux or winblows.....


hth,


James