Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 12:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: kern/2298: DCD/DSR swap support for sio.c Message-ID: <199612272050.MAA07581@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/2298; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: andrew@fortress.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/2298: DCD/DSR swap support for sio.c Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 10:45:25 -0800 root@freefall.freebsd.org wrote: > > >Number: 2298 > >Category: kern > >Synopsis: Support for DSR/DCD swapping on serial ports (sio) > >Confidential: no > >Severity: non-critical > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-bugs > >State: open > >Class: change-request > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Fri Dec 27 06:30:01 PST 1996 > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: root@pubnix.net > >Organization: > PubNIX Montreal > >Release: FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE > >Environment: > > ISP with multi port serial cards using 10 pin RJ45s > > >Description: > > This change can benefit anyone using multiport serial cards that > employ 10 pin RJ45 connectors (also known as RJ68) to distribute the > data signals. These include but are not limited to the Boca 16 port > serial board and and Digi PC/x cards with RJ68 fanout plugs. > > The pinout of the RJ68 connections has DCD on pin 1 and RI on pin 10. > As the RI signal is not generally required in an ISP environment, > and DCD is, I've added a flag bit in sio.c to support swapping DCD > and DSR. > > This is also a common feature found on most Digi drivers, the company > being aware that RJ68 connectors and all the related stuff are hard to > find and/or expensive. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > N/R > Your change is much more likely to be accepted if you also include about 2 paragraphs of description in a diff to the sio man page, so that this change is not lost in obscurity. julian.
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