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From: Volker Englisch <eh41@selene.inka.de>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: cy driver
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:04:08 +0200
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Steven G. Kargl schrieb am 30.08.2024:
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:20:36 +0200, Volker Englisch wrote:
> 
>> Steven G. Kargl schrieb am 30.08.2024:
>>> On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:13:57 +0200, Volker Englisch wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Does anyone know since what version of FreeBSD the cy driver is broken?
>>>> Or, up to what version it is useable?
>>>> 
>>>> I only know that it still exists in version 12.x and 13.x and
>>>> disapperared completely in version 14.x.
>>> 
>>> https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?h=stable/14&id=a63222db3a2dfe97537f8ae60eaed26d3b928e55
>> 
>> JFTR: So the last version with a working cy driver is 7.4.
> 
> I don't have that hardware, so cannot say anything about
> the last version of FreeBSD where it actually worked. This
> bug report suggests that it has been broken for a long time.

Same here. My hardware isn't ancient enough to get version 7.4
installed.

As far as I read in the link you posted, the logical conclusion is IMHO
that version 7.4 is the last one with a functional cy driver, for with
version 8.0 they changed some basic serial functions leading to cy not
to work any more.