Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 01:25:02 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards Message-ID: <199601290025.BAA05001@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199601282257.PAA01785@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jan 28, 96 03:57:11 pm
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As Terry Lambert wrote: > > If the machine crashes, getty goes away (the POST state on a proper serial > port is to not assert DTR), and so the modems are not answered. Hung machines (processes are alive, but context-switch hangs) cause the modem to pick up the line, but nothing happens. Despite of this, i'm still not yet convinced that mgetty is the better solution. :) -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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