Re: 2.2.0 wishlist

Thomas Sailer (sailer@ife.ee.ethz.ch)
Fri, 14 Jun 1996 10:09:48 +0200 (MET DST)

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> * Add ability to open serial devices without raising any modem
> control lines (DTR, RTS) for applications where these lines
> are misused for special purposes (shutting down the UPS...)
Not only open, but also changing the baudrate without changing DTR...
This prevented me from using many of the cheap DSP evaluation boards
(TI DSK for example) seriously, as DTR is used to reset the DSP...

Regards

Tom

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