From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Oct 7 01:00:08 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA07479 for bugs-outgoing; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 01:00:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA07427; Tue, 7 Oct 1997 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199710070800.BAA07427@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Peter Wemm Subject: Re: kern/4717: si driver names tty lines oddly Reply-To: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR kern/4717; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Wemm To: nsayer@quack.kfu.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/4717: si driver names tty lines oddly Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 15:53:51 +0800 nsayer@quack.kfu.com wrote: > > Specialix has a rather odd habit of misnaming the pins on their serial > ports. They come from the point of view that presumes that they are > providing DCE ports to connect to terminals. > > This is exactly backwards from the traditional viewpoint. Thus, > sicontrol mstate will say that RTS is asserted, when it really > means that CTS is asserted. Same with DTR/DSR. Specialix make several versions of the hardware, both DCE and DTE wiring. Unfortunately, I've never actually been able to get hold of DTE wired panels though. :-( They seem more interested in having straight-through wiring for connecting PC's as terminals than for modems. Yeah, the docs do need some big red flashing lights about this. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm Netplex Consulting