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Date:      Sat, 25 Dec 1999 18:05:31 -0600 (CST)
From:      Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>
To:        dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral)
Cc:        leifn@neland.dk (Leif Neland), justin@tardis.mx.com.au (Justin Hawkins), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Serial boot prompt messages and a modem
Message-ID:  <199912260005.SAA07730@celery.dragondata.com>
In-Reply-To: <38655A47.42E616B3@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at Dec 26, 1999 08:59:03 AM

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> 
> Leif Neland wrote:
> > 
> > > Just configure it correctly. Don't tell it to talk to a serial device
> > > that will be sending it gibberish.
> > 
> > A hack would be to have the loader emit ATE0 to protect itself from
> > echoing modems.
> 
> AFAIK, it would not protect against all modems. I think Winmodems, for
> instance, won't recognize that command.

True, but until you've downloaded boot code to the modem, most winmodems
won't respond at all... (Also, most winmodems that I've seen don't emulate a
UART, so they won't even cause a problem)

Kevin


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