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- Subject: Re: Real TIOCSETP
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 94 18:31:50 CET
- From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.north.de>
- In-Reply-To: <199402270436.XAA29045@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>; from "Nicholas S Castellano" at Feb 26, 94 11:36 pm
- Message-Id: <9403201731.AA00568@jelal.north.de>
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- Nicholas S Castellano writes:
-
- > tty.c, file.h, xbios.c: ++entropy@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu
- > Add a real TIOCSETP (differs from TIOCSETN in that it waits for
- > the output buffer to be empty if the device supports TIOCOUTQ.)
- > Remove a kludge in rsconf() which is not needed if a real TIOCSETP
- > exists.
-
- problem: with this patch old programs can hang in TIOCSETN because
- then they really get TIOCSETP... and you usually only set an alarm for
- TIOCSETP not TIOCSETN.
-
- i forgot about this patch until i had to use gdb on uucico to find out
- why it hangs... see next message. :)
-
- cheers
- Juergen
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