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Date:      Tue, 10 Mar 1998 13:05:02 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        ken@mui.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: handbook error?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310130444.14731D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199803101850.IAA00253@rocksalt.mui.net>

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On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 ken@mui.net wrote:

> I was looking at the handbook to configure my dialup lines, and 
> noticed that the rc.serial information seems to be very different.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook157.html#384
> 
> >High-speed modems, like V.32, V.32bis, and V.34 modems, need to use
> >hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control. You can add stty commands to
> >/etc/rc.serial on FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 and up, or /etc/rc.local on 
> >FreeBSD 1.1, to set the hardware flow control flag in the FreeBSD 
> >kernel for the modem ports.
> >
> >For example, on a sample FreeBSD 1.1.5.1 system, /etc/rc.serial 
> >reads:
> >
> >    #!/bin/sh
> >    #
> >    # Serial port initial configuration
> >
> >     stty -f /dev/ttyid1 crtscts
> >     stty -f /dev/cuai01 crtscts
> 
> um ... the rc.serial has some coding in there -- dunno what it 
> exactly means.  The other example was for older systems.  The 
> indication was that on a 1.1.5.1 or newer, it is the above statement.
> 
> Am I reading it wrong?

IT's the right place, just the file evolved.  it's the same idea though.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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