Re: problems with CPU usage of serial ports

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From: Thomas Funke
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1992 18:26

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In article <1992Nov3.095549.29491@news.th-darmstadt.de>  
uli@aida.intellektik.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Ulrich Grepel) writes:
> Hi all,
> 
> I think I found another almost-bug:
> 
> Why is an unused serial port that is enabled in the /etc/ttys table
> (with 19200 baud, hardware flow control, 8N1) using up most of the cpu?

Another old NeXT-Bug, a thousend times reported to NeXT, a thousend time  
nothing happened.... :-(

You can try to start the getty with 'nice' which makes it a bit less annoying,  
but the best would be, not to use disconnected ports.

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