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From: jbw@bbin.uucp (J. Brian Waters)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: what is sio?
Message-ID: <CA6Iy2.Bsu@bbin.uucp>
Date: 15 Jul 93 00:05:58 GMT
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In article <1993Jul12.075521.13223@cnplss5.cnps.philips.nl> rooij@mozart.cft.philips.nl (Guido van Rooij) writes:
>enhancements Chris made for it (bidir, multiport). It is a
>high performance driver. When using it you should get rid
>of all 'com silo overflow' messages.

What does it mean for the serial driver to be bidirectional?  I would have
thought they all would be able to send and recieve data so it must mean
something else?

I have recently hooked a machine running NetBSD 0.8 to another computer through
the serial port so I can transfer some source code over to the NetBSD machine.

I login and start the transfer (using kermit) but it always locks up after 
a bit,  and it takes a reboot for the port to become usable again.  Is this
something others have seen or should I be looking for something in my setup?

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Brian Waters                                                 rutgers!bbin!jbw