> "Charles Shannon Hendrix" <shannon@widomaker.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 03:28:49PM -0700, Don Yuniskis wrote:
>
> > The damn "BREAK" detect makes this problematic for me.
> > I have a notebook set up just for serial console duty.  But, just
> > the act of plugging it in to the SPARC's serial port usually is
> > enough to glitch the SPARC to stop it in it's tracks.
>
> Hmmm... I unplug my consoles and move them all the time, sharing one among
> SS5's and none of them detect break and hang.

It is largely a function of the device being plugged into/outof the SS.
I have no firsthand experience with 5's so can't comment if the boot
ROMs handle this any different.

> That used to happen on SS1 machines, and I think we just wired a resistor
> in there, but it never bothers my SS5's at all.
>
> When did this stop happening on the Sun workstations?

If that is indeed the case, a better question would be "Why?"
(ie. and how do we mimic the behavior)