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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: com console, and h/w flow control...
From:       Simon Shapiro <Shimon () i-Connect ! Net>
Date:       1997-06-29 17:42:01
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Hi Bruce Evans;  On 29-Jun-97 you wrote: 
> >How about NOT completing the open until DCD is true?  And sending a
> SIGHUP
> >when DCD drops?  If init is responsible, then we can change that easily.
> >This is what O/S sources are for.  Right? :-)
> 
> That is normal behaviour for dialin ports unless CLOCAL is set, but
> CLOCAL is set for the console when init opens it.  You can change the
> default in /etc/rc.local before the port is first opened except for
> the console.  Hanging in open in init would normally be wrong for a
> local console, so the console defaults to CLOCAL.

That pretty much confirms it.  Thanx!

Simon

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