this is strange: i've been messing with various bits of termios and the
serial port...

it seems that the default setting for the iflag field is 0x2f22, or
BRKINT | ISTRIP | ICRNL | IXON | IXANY | IXOFF | IMAXBEL; and i can produce
a working [a]getty as long as i do *not* change it-- if i do, it assures
the fact that the serial input will die as soon as [a]getty execs login,
(and here's the kicker) *even if i set it explicitly back to 0x2f22 before
the exec*.

what am i missing?

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