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Date:      Sun, 29 Jun 1997 10:42:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        tom@sdf.com, mburgett@cmnsens.zoom.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: com console, and h/w flow control...
Message-ID:  <XFMail.970629104201.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
In-Reply-To: <199706291010.UAA30013@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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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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