From: Matthias F. <mf...@14...> - 2006-02-07 16:23:56
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--On Dienstag, Februar 07, 2006 00:33:24 +0100 Blaisorblade <bla...@ya...> wrote: > On Monday 06 February 2006 13:12, Matthias Ferdinand wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I would like to have a faxserver running under UML, so it needs to access >> /dev/ttyS0 on the host. If I start UML with argument ssl0=/dev/ttyS0 > > Check on the "terminal input" (or something like that, I don't remember) > page on the main site - the correct syntax is about ssl0=tty:/dev/ttyS0 > (the syntax is the same accepted for con#= switches). > > I'm not sure if everything works ok, I have a few doubts on ioctls, so > please give us the results. Hello, just tried with "ssl0=tty:/dev/ttyS0". The UML seems to hang when the serial line is accessed. Tried with: guest inst / guest kernel SuSE8.1 / 2.4.26-3um hang when starting minicom SuSE9.2 / 2.6.11.5-skas3-v8-rc5 hang before usual "Serial line <n> assigned device" Debian sarge / 2.4.26-3um hang during boot, probably accessing the serial device in this state, uml_mconsole still can access the guest, but commands "reboot", "cad", "halt" do not proceed and hang the uml_mconsole process, while "version" and "log" work. I used these kernel versions because I am running them rather reliably for quite some time. Should I try a more recent one? Best regards Matthias Ferdinand |