> ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/cua0
>
> On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Jim Woodward wrote:
>
> >
> > I think i read somewhere, that the cua* devices for serial
> > were going to be made obselite..
> >
The sim-link may not fix old software. The problem has been software
that just does an open("/dev/cua0", O_RDWR), this has to be changed
to open("/dev/xxx", O_RDWR|O_NDELAY) with a subsequent fcntl() to
reset this flag-bit. Otherwise, if carrier is not detected, the
open() will wait until it is. Since the code has to be modified,
might just as well change the device to the right one.
I recommend just `rm /dev/cua?` and see what breaks. You get to fix
things only once.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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