Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 5 Jul 1996 15:31:58 -0400 | From | Paul Matthews <> | Subject | Re: 2.0.1 hangs during boot |
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Klaus Lichtenwalder writes: > On Thu, 4 Jul 1996, Bruce Thompson wrote: > > > Hi. > > A quick update. I've rebuilt my kernel to make serial a module again. I > > load the serial module using modprobe at the top of rc.serial. I've also > > added some echoes so I can see where the boot is hanging. > > > > The boot is certainly hanging while doing an stty on the modem's serial > > port. Any ideas on what could be causing this? > > > > Bruce, > I'd suggest using /dev/cua? instead. The ttyS? is intended as dialin and > may well hang while waiting for a carrier before completing the opening > of the serial port. >
Klaus,
I saved the following message a few weeks ago:
Hi,
Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote: > I originally implemented the cuaXX/ttySXX lockout mechanism back before > FSSTND established a standard convention for the use of tty lock files. > Now that it's there, people should use the tty lock files and not try > using /dev/cuaXX. The only reason why /dev/cuaXX hasn't disappeared yet > is for backwards compatibility reasons.
Looks like we definitely do not need any "cua?"'s any more.
-- Paul Matthews McLean, VA e-mail: paul@matthews.com
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