On Apr 1, 2007, at 8:14 AM, Brian Buhrow wrote:

> 	Hello.  I'm wondering if anyone has tried using a usb-connected  
> serial
> port as a serial console with NetBSD and if they've had success.

I don't know of anyone who has tried this.

>   If not,
> can anyone speculate on how hard it would be to get this to work?

Probably pretty difficult.  A lot of the kernel needs to be up and  
running for USB to work, and the console is needed quite early.

> Do some
> BIOS's support legacy serial port emulation over USB devices?

I am not aware of any.

It's a real shame that a traditional serial port is considered "legacy".

-- thorpej