Re: should RTS init in serial core be tied to CRTSCTS

From: Krzysztof Halasa
Date: Wed Mar 07 2007 - 07:47:12 EST


Robin Getz <rgetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> It is useful on (broken) legacy serial equipment, where RTS should be
> completely under the applications control.
>
> Glitches on RTS aren't acceptable, and confuse some devices.

Does that mean you can't use TIOCMSET, TIOCM_RTS etc?

> I understand - the request wasn't to change the default operation - just
> add a
> method of controlling things, so those minority of people who want the
> control can have it.

No problem as long as open without CRTSCTS raises RTS by default.
--
Krzysztof Halasa
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