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From: j@uriah.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: device name of com1 under FreeBsd (16550)?
Date: 15 Feb 1995 17:23:08 +0100
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Mark_Bramwell <MARK@ardsley.business.uwo.ca> wrote:
>I am having a very strange problem. Whenever I access a com port (com1)
>under FreeBSD, the entire machine freezes. The com port works well under
>dos, and the simple command (stty) works on another machine using 16450
>uarts.
>
>does the com port using 16550 use the same major/minor as 16450?
yes
What are the exact symptoms? Does screen switching work? Does only
the stty hang? The latter could easily be cause if you redirect stdin
for stty from some serial port waiting for carrier. Use the -f
/dev/cua01 flag instead of redirecting stdin.
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