From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 19 14:04:19 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 364EA106568F for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:04:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 039CF8FC18 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:04:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nAJE4HEm095790; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:04:17 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200911191404.nAJE4HEm095790@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:04:26 -0500 To: Karl Denninger From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <4B054F6D.70300@denninger.net> References: <4B054DCC.6020701@denninger.net> <200911191357.nAJDvd3X095748@lava.sentex.ca> <4B054F6D.70300@denninger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: V8.x-PRE2 Serious PUC problem - Heads Up! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:04:19 -0000 At 09:00 AM 11/19/2009, Karl Denninger wrote: >Well ok then the uart driver is BROKEN. > >It simply locks up on the port after some period of time, returning >nothing. I have found no way to reset the port other than a reboot >either. That's a "surprise" that people running fax servers and other >similar things are going to be very unhappy about. Which serial card are you using ? I have a number of PCI cards (lava for example) that are working quite well with the puc and uart driver combo. Perhaps you could post some details about the hardware used thats having issues. ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike