From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 29 13:04:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA03043 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:04:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA03038 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 13:04:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA04450; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 14:01:09 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199601292101.OAA04450@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Multi-Port Async Cards To: hsu@clinet.fi (Heikki Suonsivu) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 14:01:09 -0700 (MST) Cc: terry@lambert.org, hsu@clinet.fi, hm@altona.hamburg.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199601290138.DAA07721@katiska.clinet.fi> from "Heikki Suonsivu" at Jan 29, 96 03:38:48 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Rockwell chipset based modems (all the ones I have seen) don't have DTR > option which would allow this. It can either reset itself when DTR goes > off (&D3), but then it will answer the phone even when DTR is off. If it > does not reset itself (&D2), it works correctly with DTR. The lesson is > not to use rockwell based modems, but they didn't have much competition > until last six months. This is not in any of the Rockwell data sheets I have; they all say they reset and won't answer w/o DTR on AT&D3. Do you have a model number? I suspect your modem cable or your port setup in rc.serial. The only real problem I am aware of with Rockwell chipsets is that they cause US Robotics Sportster Faxmodems to lock up when you call one (bet that was an engineering nightmare to get that to happen 8-)). > > 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. > > If the machine deadlocks, gettys won't go away. At least 1 of four crashes > are deadlocks where the machine freezes. $35 watchdog board. There are drivers. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.