Re: term & user space console

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:

> On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 03:00:37PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > > I can make such requests, but how do I find out that the carrier really 
> > > has
> > > been established?  (Also, it would not allow servers to implement the open
> > > behaviour but not the tiocl bit mangling).
> > 
> > Yeah, you are correct here.  You could assert DTR with the direct bit
> > frobbing things, but you also need to block until CTS/CD goes on.  The
> > modem bit ioctls have to blocking mechanism for this.
> 
> I don't understand the last sentence in this paragraph.

Ah, well it's not even a proper sentence.

I mean "The modem bit ioctls have no blocking mechanism for this."