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From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Subject: Re: FBSD 10.1 + serial access (broken?)
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Warren Block:

> > The one annoying problem I have with this setup is that the machine
> > will not reboot if the console isn't hooked up to a terminal.
> > Judging from the point where it continues when I plug in a cable,
> > boot(8) appears to be stuck without DCD and/or DSR.
> 
> Can't those be tied together on the computer side to fake it?

Yes, looping DTR back to DCD+DSR should take care of it.  I'm just
annoyed that this should be necessary and I wonder if I'm missing
something because I don't see other people asking about this issue.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de