Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 01:39:07PM +0200, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> Is is normal/correct/intended that an open() of /dev/ttyS1 blocks?
>> ---- snip ----
>> {81}strace ./test-open /dev/ttyS0
>> [...]
>> open("/dev/ttyS0", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3
>> close(3) = 0
>> open("/dev/ttyS0", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
>> close(3) = 0
>> open("/dev/ttyS0", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
>> close(3) = 0
>> _exit(0) = ?
>> {82}strace ./test-open /dev/ttyS1
>> [...]
>> open("/dev/ttyS1", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK) = 3
>> close(3) = 0
>> open("/dev/ttyS1", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
>> close(3) = 0
>> open("/dev/ttyS1", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE <unfinished ...>
>> {83}lsof /dev/ttyS0
>> {84}lsof /dev/ttyS1
>> {85}uname -a
>> Linux xxx 2.4.20-pre10aa1 #6 Fri Oct 11 13:41:20 CEST 2002 i686 unknown
>> ---- snip ----
>>
>> The second one was terminated with a Ctrl-C.
>> Nothing was connected to none of the ports.
>> Is there a reason that an open() on /dev/ttyS0 works and blocks
>> on /dev/ttyS1?
>
>stty -aF /dev/ttyS0
>stty -aF /dev/ttyS1
>
>I bet ttyS0 has clocal set, whereas ttyS1 doesn't.
ACK.
---- snip ----
{91}stty -aF /dev/ttyS0
speed 57600 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; eol2 = <undef>; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z;
rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W; lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;
-parenb -parodd cs8 -hupcl -cstopb cread clocal -crtscts
^^^^^^
ignbrk -brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr -icrnl ixon ixoff -iuclc -ixany -imaxbel
-opost -olcuc -ocrnl -onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0
-isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt -echoctl -echoke
{92}stty -aF /dev/ttyS1
speed 19200 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; eol2 = <undef>; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z;
rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W; lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;
-parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal crtscts
^^^^^^^
-ignbrk -brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr -icrnl -ixon -ixoff -iuclc -ixany -imaxbel
-opost -olcuc -ocrnl -onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0
-isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt -echoctl -echoke
---- snip ----
Sigh, perhaps reading more in Stevens' "Adv. Programming in the
Unix Environment" could help .....
Hmm, so I conclude that using something like "stty < /dev/ttyS0" is
evil in general and one should always use "stty -F /dev/ttyS0" instead.
Bernd
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