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## Serial Port Sharing

  Forum: Device Drivers
  Keywords: serial, share, multi-port, port, dev
  Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 04:28:15 GMT
  From: James Alton <alton@pacbell.net>

I have something called "the Logical Connection" by Fifth Generation Systems, Inc. that lets me share peripherals with other things. The way it works is like this:
    #0-Serial
    #1-Serial
    #2-Serial
    #3-Serial
    #4-PARALLEL OUT
    #5-PARALLEL OUT
    #6-PARALLEL IN
    #7-PARALLEL IN
I am going to use this device so that I can "network" computers to give them shell access to my linux box. I need help in writing device drivers for it, or if anyone already has one. What I would like linux to do is label all the ports in the /dev directory. I don't know whether to use linux's built in multi-porting, or if I have to write a driver. The device uses headers to decide what port to send to. Any help is greaty appreciated.