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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.mail.uucp Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!DIALix!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!seeware!mark From: mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon) Subject: Re: Taylor-UUCP not running with 16550 SIO (UMC Custom Chip) Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.mail.uucp Organization: Private FreeBSD site Message-ID: <Dn69F5.2os@seeware.DIALix.oz.au> References: <DMonLF.Ctq@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> <DMquCt.H65@nemesis.lonestar.org> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 10:06:41 GMT Lines: 29 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14167 comp.mail.uucp:15822 Frank Durda IV (uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org) wrote: : [0]System Administration (peter@citylink.dinoex.sub.org) wrote: : [0] there was great trouble getting UUCP to work with with these new control- : [0]ler-embedded 16550-FIFO-SIOs. It did work as usual until the line "handshake : [0]successful", and then was not able to receive one single block of data with- : [0]out error, until after about 10 Minutes it reports: 0 bytes transferred, 0 : [0]bps. This is baudrate-independent, it happens with 300 baud as with 57600 : [0]baud. With g-proto, uucico can send, but won't receive anything. : Here is the patch I apply every time I upgrade FreeBSD. It fixes : Taylor UUCP to actually use hardware flow control for incoming and : outgoing calls. Without it, I get terrible UUCP results. With the fix : I see >2Kbyte/sec transfers (gzipped files) on Telebit Worldblazer modems. : I use both g and i protocols. : This file is located in /usr/src/gnu/libexec/uucp/libunix/serial.c : The above patch forces hardware full-duplex RTS/CTS flow control on during : inbound and outbound UUCP sessions. Is this included in -current?? Or the January SNAP?? /mark -- +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Mark Hannon,| FreeBSD - Free Unix for your PC| mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au| | Melbourne, | PGP key available by fingering | epamha@epa.ericsson.se | | Australia | seeware@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au | |