tech-kern archive

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index][Old Index]

Re: Closing a serial device takes one second



I don't recall the Telebits, but I _do_ remember Livingston...

:)

And yes, I _am_ old!


On Thu, 6 Feb 2014, John Nemeth wrote:

On Feb 6,  1:22pm, Dennis Ferguson wrote:
} On 6 Feb, 2014, at 12:18 , Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost> wrote:
} > Actually the one second delay is wrong.  If you want to de-assert DTR
} > for a modem to hangup, then do it in the application.
}
} You've clearly not run a bank of dial-in/out modems on a multiuser

     That's why Telebit Netblazers and Livingston Portmasters were
invented.

} I'm personally undisturbed by removing it, rather than fixing it, only
} because I don't know anyone who still uses dialup modems like that and
} I only remember this because I am old.  For the things I do use serial

    Does mentioning equipment from long dead companies make me old?

}-- End of excerpt from Dennis Ferguson

!DSPAM:52f4263b16901365815686!



-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Paul Goyette     | PGP Key fingerprint:     | E-mail addresses:       |
| Customer Service | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 | paul at whooppee.com    |
| Network Engineer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette at juniper.net |
| Kernel Developer |                          | pgoyette at netbsd.org  |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


Home | Main Index | Thread Index | Old Index