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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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