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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-03 18:29:24 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-03 18:29:24 +0000
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ For ISA host cards put the following lines in
The Specialix SI/XIO and SX hardware makes up an 8 to 32 port RS-232 serial
multiplexor.
.Pp
-The system uses two components: A "Host adapter", which is plugged into
+The system uses two components: a "Host adapter", which is plugged into
an ISA, EISA or PCI slot and provides intelligence and buffering/processing
capabilities, as well as an external bus in the form of a 37 pin cable.
.Pp
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ utility for configuring drain-on-close timeouts.
The driver also defines 3 sysctl variables that can be manipulated:
machdep.si_debug sets the debug level for the whole driver.
It depends
-on the driver being compiled with SI_DEBUG. machdep.si_pollrate
+on the driver being compiled with SI_DEBUG.
+machdep.si_pollrate
sets how often per second the driver polls for lost interrupts.
machdep.si_realpoll sets whether or not the card will treat the
poll intervals as if they were interrupts.
@@ -78,7 +79,8 @@ It fully supports the usual semantics of the cua ports, and the
"initial termios" and "locked termios" settings.
In summary, an open on a
tty port will block until DCD is raised, unless O_NONBLOCK is specified.
-CLOCAL is honored. An open on a cua port will always succeed, but DCD
+CLOCAL is honored.
+An open on a cua port will always succeed, but DCD
transitions will be honored after DCD rises for the first time.
.Pp
Up to four SI/XIO host cards may be controlled by the si driver.
@@ -88,7 +90,8 @@ used at once.
The lowest 5 bits of the minor device number are used to select the port
number on the module cluster.
The next 2 bits select which of 4 host adapter
-cards. This allows a maximum of 128 ports on this driver.
+cards.
+This allows a maximum of 128 ports on this driver.
.Pp
Bit 7 is used to differentiate a tty/dialin port (bit 7=0) and a
cua/callout port (bit 7=1).
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