Subject: Re: scc.c changes for TC machines, (also dialin/dialout)
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@dsg.stanford.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-alpha
Date: 03/22/1998 00:20:59
On Sun, 22 Mar 1998 00:25:11 -0800 (PST)
Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> I've committed another batch of merges of the scc driver.
> I've verified they work on a pmax and stared very hard at the
> results (before and after changes) after C preprocessing.
> I don't _think_ I broke anything, but if console or serial
> code breaks on TC alphas tomorrow, it's probably my fault.
"Ack." I sort of wish you'd run them by an Alpha port developer
(perferably one that actually has TC alpha hardware, such as myself :-).
Well, it won't matter, since the Alpha copy of the scc driver is going
away in a day or two anyhow.
> PS: the dialin/dialout changes discussed on tech-kern got committed
> just before. If you're using scc ports for dialout, be *very* careful
> to setup dialout devices and use them!
As per the mail on tech-kern, "you can still use the old method of setting
O_NONBLOCK".
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