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Date:      30 Jun 1999 22:16:58 +0300
From:      "Andrij Korud" <akorud@polynet.lviv.ua>
To:        "Chris Dillon" <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Linux emulation
Message-ID:  <NCBBINEHHJGEONJEMFOIKELFCHAA.akorud@polynet.lviv.ua>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906301319001.41655-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>

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> On 30 Jun 1999, Andrij Korud wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> > While trying to run PowerAlert plus for Linux on FreeBSD
> 3.2-STABLE box I
> > got a message:
> > "LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=0, typ=0x54(T), num=0x17 not implemented"
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > regards,
> > Andrij Korud
>
> I'll be darned if I wasn't trying the same thing yesterday. :-)  I'm
> betting that ioctl has something to do with opening the serial port,
> since the daemon keeps spitting out "Communication to UPS lost" in the
> logs, even though I verified communication by using tip(1) on the port
> and chatting with the UPS (the UPS "driver" files, which are actually
> Win-INI style text files, are a good albeit cryptic reference to what
> commands each UPS uses.)
>
> I also couldn't get the Shutdown Client to work with the server
> running on an NT box, even though no errors were displayed.
>
> I've already modified the installation script to detect FreeBSD and
> DTRT for the most part, and if I ever get this to work under
> emulation, I think I'll make a port out of it (ala the StarOffice and
> WP ports), and possibly even submit the installation script patches to
> TrippLite, while at the same time pushing them for a native FreeBSD
> version. :-)
>
>
Just now I've traced it under Linux using strace utility and found that it
fail on ioctl(comport, TIOCMBIC...
but now I really don't know what this operation should do.

regards, Andrij Korud



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