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NeXTSTEP on HP-PA OS 3.2 has a few problems that require special
installation procedures. The major problems seem to be kernel bugs.
NeXT says they will be fixed in 3.3. I guess we will have to wait and
see. Alain Fauconnet managed to get PPP-2.1.2 working on HPPA. He
graciously allowed me to incorporate his changes into PPP-2.2. I have
included part of his original instructions for getting the serial
driver patch installed. You should follow these procedures for
PPP-2.2. Also, you may wish to send him a short thank you for his
excellent work.
Please note, that you only need these instructions to install the
SerialDriverPatch. After that is installed, you may install PPP-2.2
as specified in the README.NeXT file at the top level directory.
Here are the original instructions:
Temporary PPP 2.1.2 kit for HP-PA systems running NeXTSTEP 3.2
==============================================================
14-Nov-1994
Alain Fauconnet
<af@biomath.jussieu.fr>
INSTALLATION FOR A HP-PA/NEXSTEP MACHINE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) Serial driver patch
This tarfile includes a ./hppaSerialPatch tree that is a temporary
work-around for a severe bug in the HP-PA serial tty driver. I have
been allowed to include it here provided that it is clearly stated that
it is *not* an official patch from NeXT and that it should *not* be
installed on machines that do not absolutely require it. The problem
will be corrected in NeXTSTEP 3.3, according to the NeXT people.
As I understand it, the problem is about the select() call on a file
descriptor opened on a tty line. This affect emacs (hangs when run from
a remote tty session), MicroEMACS (arrow keys don't work), PPP (protocol
hangs) and probably other programs as well.
I felt the need to add some installation instructions, since I've lost
some hair in that process myself.
Install it as follows :
a) go to the hppaSerialPatch directory
b) type `make'. Compilation should complete with a few warnings about
`linesw'
c) type `make install' (YOU DON'T NEED TO BE root FOR THAT, the
installed tree will be created in /tmp/hppaSerialPatch.*
d) as root, bring up /NextAdmin/Configure.app, choose Configuration ->
Install driver... and select
/tmp/hppaSerialPatch.bproj/usr/Devices/hppaSerialPatch.config from the
file selection box.
e) reboot the system. As root, bring up /NextAdmin/Configure.app again
and look if "hppaSerialPatch" appears on the "Other" line. If not, click
the "Other" icon. Click "Add". The correct driver will probably appear
as "Long Name" in the list of drivers. Select it and click "Add".
Go back to "Summary" and click "Save". Reboot the system.
Check the file /usr/Devices/System.config/Instance0.table,
"hppaSerialPatch" should appear in the line of "Active Drivers".
f) the /tmp/hppaSerialPatch trees may be deleted now.
GOOD LUCK !
Thanks to:
Jean Michel LUNATI <Jean_Michel_Lunati@NeXT.COM>
Philip Prindeville <philipp@res.enst.fr>