Never having enough serial ports I decided to try buying a usb serial
line adaptor -- a Dlink DSB-S25 (approx $35 mail-order).

Netbsd-current (1/11/1900) says this when I plug in the adaptor:

Jan 14 10:27:12 capsicum /netbsd: uhub1 at uhub0 port 2
Jan 14 10:27:12 capsicum /netbsd: uhub1: vendor 0x0711 product 0x0100, class 9/1, rev 1.00/1.02, addr 2
Jan 14 10:27:12 capsicum /netbsd: uhub1: 5 ports with 3 removable, self powered
Jan 14 10:27:13 capsicum /netbsd: uhub1: port 3 did not power up

Does this ring any bells?

-wolfgang
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