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From: eae@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Eric Evans 3573)
Subject: Re: system hang with cgd's com-beta? SOLVED
Message-ID: <1993Feb3.155813.25426@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 93 15:58:13 GMT
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> I just installed Chris Demetriou com-beta in an attempt to solve some
> of my serial woes and am getting a system hang when an open() is attempted
> on one of the com ports.
> 
> ...

After a suggestion by Linda Tamara Bresler (ima@wam.umd.edu) I replaced
my 16450 UART with a 16550 and the problem went away (In fact it works quite
well :)

David Fox (dfox@quack.sac.ca.us) also pointed out to make sure that you
are using the correct port (outbound/outbound) or else the command may hang.

Eric

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