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- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 02:46:33 -0500
- From: "Nicholas S Castellano" <entropy@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
- To: nox@jelal.north.de
- In-Reply-To: Juergen Lock's message of Sun, 20 Mar 94 18:31:50 CET <9403201731.AA00568@jelal.north.de>
- Subject: Real TIOCSETP
-
- >From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.north.de>
- >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.
-
- Well if you think it's important, maybe the definitions in file.h
- should be swapped, such that any old program will get TIOCSETN and you
- can recompile stuff to get the new TIOCSETP...
-
- I recompile stuff all the time, so I don't usually notice stuff like
- this :-)
-
- Cheers,
- entropy
-
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