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Date:      Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:24:38 +0100
From:      Pete French <petefrench@ingresso.co.uk>
To:        ian@FreeBSD.org, petefrench@ingresso.co.uk
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: STMicroelectronics USB serial controller
Message-ID:  <E1Xe31i-0001gW-N2@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <1413296363.12052.384.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>

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> Try pointing that linux software at /dev/cuaU0 instead of ttyU0.  The
> cua devices are "callout" and tty are "dialin" and the distinction is
> that the tty layer will block the open of a dialin tty until the modem
> carrier-detect is asserted.  Since that isn't a real modem that's
> unlikely to happen, but it should always work to open the cua device.

Gah! Yes, of course - I even knew that, from way back in the 80's - just
didnt think to look for the 'cu' devices. Feel very stupid
know.

Works like a charm, thanks!

-pete.




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