Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 09:03:45 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sbwait hang? Message-ID: <Mutt.19970221090345.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <87enebeuqs.fsf@murkwood.gaffaneys.com>; from Zach Heilig on Feb 20, 1997 02:39:55 -0600 References: <199702200206.MAA14275@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> <87enebeuqs.fsf@murkwood.gaffaneys.com>
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As Zach Heilig wrote: > Yep, I think I know the problem... I thought I was wrong when you > mailed me that they were connected by serial ports, but now that you > mention that there are modems on the loop, it's fairly probable that > there is a sequence of bytes that need escaping (and these occur about > 4Meg into the linux tar file). In this case, you should get away with manually dropping the modem connection when it stalls (without dropping the TCP link), and reconnecting them. That would probably yield a different bit pattern. Btw., there are many Rockwell chipsets known to be buggy, and i've heard it from a local modem manufacturer that in particular their original firmware is buggy. Modem vendors who don't eliminate these bugs are likely to lose. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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