Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Unix release 4.0 Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 90 09:30:25 GMT References: <1990Nov18.122854.6911@nstar.uucp> <12423@uudell.dell.com> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 25 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?"