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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: PPP - why set CLOCAL for server ('-direct' mode) ?
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 10:41:22 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: ache@nagual.pp.ru, bde@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG, nnd@itfs.nsk.su
In-Reply-To: <199709110954.TAA04606@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Sep 11, 97 07:54:49 pm
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> In practice, it shouldn't be that bad.  ppp should restore
> the termios state before exiting, and FreeBSD will notice that the connection
> has dropped when CLOCAL is turned off.  It isn't clear whether this FreeBSD
> beviour is required by POSIX.

DCD loss signalling as if DCD-ON-TO-OFF transition, when a state change
from CLOCAL-TO-!CLOCAL occurs is historical UNIX behaviour for as long as
there has been a CLOCAL.

For what that's worth.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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