Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 14:10:27 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: smp@csn.net (Steve Passe) Cc: terry@lambert.org, jseger@freebsd.scds.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Activehome X10 Interface Message-ID: <199706232110.OAA01692@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199706232053.OAA07518@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> from "Steve Passe" at Jun 23, 97 02:53:15 pm
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> > > could this be the post you are thinking of? > > > > Yes. > > I'm really too busy right now to look this code over in detail, but a quick > scan failed to find any specific handling of the RI line from the activehome. > I think this code polls the serial input every two seconds instead, which > is what I suggest avoiding. For background the activehome expects that the > PC may be turned off, and tries to get its attention via the RI line. I'm > proposing that the proper solution is to attach RI to DCD, and use a signal > catcher for SIGHUP to notice when the activehome has data instead of > polling the activehome. This makes sense... RI is frequently used to wake up "green" machines in "standby" or other APM power-save modes. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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