Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:50:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Adam David <adam@veda.is> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getty modem control Message-ID: <199706200850.IAA15732@veda.is> In-Reply-To: <19970620073506.MK21253@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Jun 20, 97 07:35:06 am"
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[Adam] > > 1. Would anyone be terribly upset if I added modem string grabbing support > > to getty? This would be useful for logging caller ID and connect speed. In case it wasn't clear, this would be a fleshing out of :ac=...: and only affects the answer chat script. [Jörg] > Yep, i'm very reluctant to such things in the regular getty. The > reason for this reluctance is that you gotta abuse the inbound port. > Normally, the inbound port is supposed to block inside open(2) until > carrier arrives. I understand that your intended changes would break > this (as well as David Nugent's changes broke this, see below). Actually, I much prefer the blocking approach for most purposes, and am considering a reshuffle of the code to allow :ac=...: in that case also, requiring a new capability to describe whether to block on open or wait in select. How about :nb: for non-blocking, and default to blocking? -- Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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