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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: hackers@FreeBSD.org, radova@risc6.unisa.ac.za
Subject: Re: ttys problem
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>I have  Boca 6 port board and version 2. From time to time, systems
>forgets tty configuration, e.g. tip cua04 gives:

>dev/cua04: Device not configured
>link down

>This is the case for 5 ports - master port doesn't have this problem.
>After I reboot the machine it works fine again, but just for a while.

This has been reported before.  The cause is unknown.  The error message
is bogus - standard sio ports can't become unconfigured while the system
is running.  A better program than tip (e.g., cat) might give a better
error message.

Bruce