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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
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References: <DMonLF.Ctq@citylink.dinoex.sub.org> <DMquCt.H65@nemesis.lonestar.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 10:06:41 GMT
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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

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