Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 16:31:15 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To: ache@nagual.pp.ru, nnd@itfs.nsk.su
Cc: current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: PPP - why set CLOCAL for server ('-direct' mode) ?
Message-ID: <199709110631.QAA29277@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>> > It not supposed to receive SIGHUP since modem line is not controlling >> > terminal in any case. Carrier detected by TIOCM_CD instead. >> >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >> | >> Sorry, but is this (|) really the case when 'ppp -direct' >> was started as a user's shell from getty ? > >Of course, not for -direct mode which suppose just stdin/stdout without >any modem control. >I do not understand one thing: if you use -direct mode, why modem code is >even called? It is a bug indeed. Presumably it needs to monitor carrier even for direct mode. Isn't the only difference for direct mode that getty instead of ppp opens the port? Bruce
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