larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) (11/18/90)
As most of you know, we are running Interactive release 2.20
here on nstar - which is very fast and solid. Recently we
purchased Intel System Release 4.0 (version 2.0) and are
considering upgrading nstar over the Christmas holidays.
Has anyone used smart serial port drivers written for Unix
SysV rel 3.2 under SysV rel 4.0? We have a computone
intelliport - and are wondering if our 3.2 drivers will
run under 4.0?
Will FAS work under SysV rel 4.0?
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Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA
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Public Access Unix Site (219) 289-0282 (5 high speed lines)jrh@mustang.dell.com (James Howard) (11/20/90)
In article <1990Nov18.122854.6911@nstar.uucp>, larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes: > Has anyone used smart serial port drivers written for Unix > SysV rel 3.2 under SysV rel 4.0? We have a computone > intelliport - and are wondering if our 3.2 drivers will > run under 4.0? > the 3.2 computone drivers were not very reliable on V.4. Computone has come out with 4.0 drivers for this card however. James Howard Dell Computer Corp. !'s:uunet!dell!mustang!jrh (512) 343-3480 9505 Arboretum Blvd @'s:jrh@mustang.dell.com Austin, TX 78759-7299
larry@nstar (Larry Snyder) (11/20/90)
jrh@mustang.dell.com (James Howard) writes: >the 3.2 computone drivers were not very reliable on V.4. Computone has >come out with 4.0 drivers for this card however. Not according to Computone tech support as of this morning - the release 4.0 drivers are not available until Jan 1991. -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA {larry@nstar, {uunet|backbone}!nstar!larry, larry%nstar@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu} backbone usenet newsfeeds available Public Access Unix Site (219) 289-0282 (5 high speed lines)
tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) (11/20/90)
In <12423@uudell.dell.com> jrh@mustang.dell.com (James Howard) writes: >In article <1990Nov18.122854.6911@nstar.uucp>, larry@nstar.uucp (Larry >Snyder) writes: >> Has anyone used smart serial port drivers written for Unix >> SysV rel 3.2 under SysV rel 4.0? We have a computone >> intelliport - and are wondering if our 3.2 drivers will >> run under 4.0? >> >the 3.2 computone drivers were not very reliable on V.4. Computone has >come out with 4.0 drivers for this card however. I have this vague recollection from the "porting guides" that streams based drivers must be recompiled due to changes in the data structures. I don't know how many smart port card drivers are streams-based but I think a number of them are. Anybody care to comment ? Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1RW | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"
jrh@mustang.dell.com (James Howard) (11/21/90)
In article <1990Nov19.190442.11473@nstar>, larry@nstar (Larry Snyder) writes: > jrh@mustang.dell.com (James Howard) writes: > > >the 3.2 computone drivers were not very reliable on V.4. Computone has > >come out with 4.0 drivers for this card however. > > Not according to Computone tech support as of this morning - the release > 4.0 drivers are not available until Jan 1991. Maybe so, but Dell V.4 will be shipping with them this month. Computone may not be ready to release them publicly before then, for whatever reasons. James Howard Dell Computer Corp. !'s:uunet!dell!mustang!jrh (512) 343-3480 9505 Arboretum Blvd @'s:jrh@mustang.dell.com Austin, TX 78759-7299
pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) (11/21/90)
larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes: >Has anyone used smart serial port drivers written for Unix >SysV rel 3.2 under SysV rel 4.0? We have a computone >intelliport - and are wondering if our 3.2 drivers will >run under 4.0? >Will FAS work under SysV rel 4.0? Aren't SVR4 tty drivers supposed to be STREAMS based ? I don't think many 3.2 drivers are. -- Pim Zandbergen domain : pim@cti-software.nl CTI Software BV uucp : uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!ctisbv!pim Laan Copes van Cattenburch 70 phone : +31 70 3542302 2585 GD The Hague, The Netherlands fax : +31 70 3512837
wiljo@ipkima.hanse.de (Wiljo Heinen) (11/27/90)
larry@nstar.uucp (Larry Snyder) writes: >Has anyone used smart serial port drivers written for Unix >SysV rel 3.2 under SysV rel 4.0? We have a computone >intelliport - and are wondering if our 3.2 drivers will >run under 4.0? Most probalby won't run. Different handling of tty devices (streams based). >Will FAS work under SysV rel 4.0? No ! I tried it and it didn't . (Maybe it says even so in the docs ?) I will take a look at it and try to modify it (maybe next weekend ?). Has someone already changed it for Sys V.4 ??? If so, I could spare my time. -- snail-mail: e-mail: phone lines: --------------------+--------------------------------+-------------------------- Wiljo Heinen | wiljo@ipkima.hanse.de | voice : +49-431-96541 iP-Systems | wiljo@ipkama.ka.sub.org | fax : +49-431-96524 Alter Markt 1-2 | wiljo@freesid.ruhr.sub.org | priv. v: +49-231-162837 D - 2300 Kiel 1 `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' priv. f: +49-231-140192
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (12/06/90)
In article <90.331.15:45:11@ipkima.hanse.de> wiljo@ipkima.hanse.de (Wiljo Heinen) writes: | >Will FAS work under SysV rel 4.0? | | No ! I tried it and it didn't . (Maybe it says even so in the docs ?) | I will take a look at it and try to modify it (maybe next weekend ?). | | Has someone already changed it for Sys V.4 ??? If so, I could spare my | time. Well, one of the Dell guys said they tried it under an early beta version and it worked. Don't know what's changed, but I suspect it will work nicely. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) (12/10/90)
In <2492@sixhub.UUCP> davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) writes: >In article <90.331.15:45:11@ipkima.hanse.de> wiljo@ipkima.hanse.de (Wiljo Heinen) writes: >| >Will FAS work under SysV rel 4.0? >| >| No ! I tried it and it didn't . (Maybe it says even so in the docs ?) >| I will take a look at it and try to modify it (maybe next weekend ?). >| >| Has someone already changed it for Sys V.4 ??? If so, I could spare my >| time. > Well, one of the Dell guys said they tried it under an early beta >version and it worked. Don't know what's changed, but I suspect it will >work nicely. I don't think so. A while back, somebody asked and I said I was going to try hacking it at some point. I haven't done so yet. From what I can deduce so far it's going to be a question of removing the "line-discipline" type code from FAS and hooking it in as a Hardware Driver only with streams connections to the ldterm module. I'm still waiting for my nice manual set. If I get a chance you may hear more after Xmas ! Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1RW | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"