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From: pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: which multiport i/o cards pass this test?
Message-ID: <1990Aug21.180653.615@cti-software.nl>
Date: 21 Aug 90 18:06:53 GMT
Organization: CTI Software BV, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Hi netfolk,

I am currently looking for a multiport I/O card to replace
Specialix, because the Dutch distributor has stopped importing them.

I have evaluated some cards but lots of their drivers have trouble with
correctly handling modem control. This prevents them from working
with the intelligent modem feature in HDB UUCP:
	"ttyxx,M" in Devices  means open with O_NDELAY set
	and "\M" and "\m" in Dialers means set and clear the CLOCAL flag.

The problem is that with these drivers, the O_NDELAY flag
cannot be properly cleared when carrier detect is not present.

I have noticed this problem with the stock ISC asy driver,
with Specialix drivers older than release 3.03, with the
Equinox Megaport 1.8.2 driver (a pity, I like this
card) and the Chase Research AT8+ 4.02a driver.

In fact, the only working drivers I have seen are the Specialix 3.03
and the PORTS and EPORTS drivers for the AT&T 3B2.

Rather than evaluate every card on the market myself I would
appreciate very much if you would run my little test program
and mail me the result.

I *think* this program emulates HDB UUCP behaviour.
I only tested it on ISC 386/ix 2.0.2 and on the AT&T 3B2.
If any UNIX guru would like to comment, please feel free.

The crucial moment in this program is the read().
It should block, waiting for input, but returns immediately
with zero bytes read on lots of cards.

You should run this program on a port that has no cable
whatsoever attached to it, nor should any other process
have this port opened (ie. no getty's running).
The port should implement modem control, ie. "> /dev/ttyxx"
should hang.

Thanks in advance for you help.

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# -rw-------   1 pim      other       2232 Aug 21 19:27 modemtest.c
#
echo 'x - modemtest.c'
if test -f modemtest.c; then echo 'shar: not overwriting modemtest.c'; else
sed 's/^X//' << '________This_Is_The_END________' > modemtest.c
X#include    <fcntl.h>
X#include    <errno.h>
X#include    <signal.h>
X#include    <termio.h>
X#include    <stdio.h>
X
Xmain(argc, argv)
X	int             argc;
X	char           *argv[];
X{
X	int             fcntl_flags;
X	int             fd;
X	extern int      errno;
X	extern unsigned alarm();
X	char            buf[1];
X	char           *usage = "usage: %s <tty device with modem control>\n";
X	extern char    *sys_errlist[];
X	struct termio   termio_flags;
X	struct termio   old_termio_flags;
X	void            on_alarm();
X	extern void     exit();
X
X
X	if (argc != 2)
X	{
X		(void) fprintf(stderr, usage, argv[0]);
X		exit(1);
X	}
X
X	(void) printf("opening %s with O_NDELAY set\n", argv[1]);
X	if ((fd = open(argv[1], O_RDWR | O_NDELAY)) < 0)
X	{
X		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't open %s: %s\n",
X				argv[0], argv[1], sys_errlist[errno]);
X		exit(2);
X	}
X
X	(void) printf("clearing O_NDELAY flag\n");
X	if ((fcntl_flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, 0)) == -1)
X	{
X		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't get fcntl flags: %s\n",
X			       argv[0], sys_errlist[errno]);
X		exit(3);
X	}
X	fcntl_flags &= ~(O_NDELAY);
X	if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, fcntl_flags) == -1)
X	{
X		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't set fcntl flags: %s\n",
X			       argv[0], sys_errlist[errno]);
X		exit(4);
X	}
X
X	(void) printf("setting CLOCAL\n");
X	if (ioctl(fd, TCGETA, &termio_flags) < 0)
X	{
X		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't get termio flags: %s\n",
X			       argv[0], sys_errlist[errno]);
X		exit(5);
X	}
X	old_termio_flags = termio_flags;	/* save original modes */
X	termio_flags.c_cflag |= CLOCAL;
X	if (ioctl(fd, TCSETAW, &termio_flags) < 0)
X	{
X		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't set termio flags: %s\n",
X			       argv[0], sys_errlist[errno]);
X		exit(6);
X	}
X
X	(void) printf("reading from %s\n", argv[1]);
X	(void) signal(SIGALRM, on_alarm);
X	(void) alarm((unsigned) 10);
X	if ((read(fd, buf, 1) < 1) && (errno == EINTR))
X		(void) printf("test succesful\n");
X	else
X		(void) printf("test failed\n");
X
X
X	(void) printf("clearing CLOCAL\n");
X	if (ioctl(fd, TCSETAW, &old_termio_flags) < 0)
X	{
X		(void) fprintf(stderr, "%s: can't restore termio flags: %s\n",
X			       argv[0], sys_errlist[errno]);
X		exit(7);
X	}
X
X
X	(void) printf("exiting\n");
X	return 0;
X}
X
Xvoid
Xon_alarm()
X{
X	(void) printf("caught SIGALRM\n");
X}
________This_Is_The_END________
if test `wc -c < modemtest.c` -ne 2232; then
	echo 'shar: modemtest.c was damaged during transit (should have been 2232 bytes)'
fi
fi		; : end of overwriting check
exit 0
-- 
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