Re: modm0dev

[roemer@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de]

> I've been wanting to install TERM, but it says I need modm0dev for
> select().  Why does modm0dev buffer the data so weird?  Its very jumpy.

This is because modm0dev only checks every 200ms whether data on the
serial port arrived and possible wakes the selecting process.

> modem1 in the kernel seems to support select() now, doesn't it?

Yes.

> But
> every so often it locks up on me, and any program that tries to write
> to it will hang.  I had to reboot.

I do slip over modem1 all the time (MintNet uses select(), too) and it
works perfectly well. What programs have you tried on /dev/modem1?

> This many have been fixed between
> 1.11 and 1.11h2.   SO, is this a known and fixed problem with modem1?

Don't know about such problems.

> Or has modm0dev been sped up a bit?

No. Mint 1.11's modem1 should now be as fast as modm0dev.

> Also, TERM seems a bit old.  Is there a newer port available?

Bart Schuller has reenabled inet support in my port (term-108.tgz), but
not, there are no newer ports available. If I get the time I will probably
port the newest available version (is it 1.06?).


Kay.