From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Subject: Re: snapshot 981012 serial port problems 19 Oct 1998 13:58:58 GMT Message-ID: <70fgj2$mrk$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> References: <3628C36B.30334963.cygnus.gnu-win32@xware.it> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test63 (15 March 1998) In article <3628C36B.30334963.cygnus.gnu-win32@xware.it>, Roberto Biancardi wrote: >i'am using b19+binutils 2.9.1+winsup981012+newlib980824. No egcs. >I'am in trouble with serial ports. >'comx' device names don't works anymore because of missing strcmp(,"com1") in >hinfo.cc; >may be this is right i don't know. But, >'/dev/comx' devices don't work because get_native of class fhandler_serial is >never called so >the win32_path_name_ remains /dev/com%d. > >I did this simple fix just to go on, but after that it seems data from serial >ports is not >coming in at all. Anybody involved in similar troubles ? > > --- /tmp/fhandler_serial.cc Sat Oct 17 18:11:01 1998 >+++ fhandler_serial.cc Sat Oct 17 02:12:03 1998 >@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ > vmin_ = 0; > vtime_ = 0; > pgrp_ = myself->pgid; >+#ifndef turn_off_my_changes >+ if ( name != NULL ) >+ set_name(name, get_native()+5); >+#endif > } > > const char * This patch is, unfortunately, a band-aid which doesn't solve the underlying problem. I've made a change to the development sources which seems to do the right thing. -- cgf@cygnus.com http://www.cygnus.com/