Re: Iyonix freezes

On 20 Dec 2008 as I do recall,
Theo Markettos wrote:

Harriet Bazley <bazley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm sure there was some kind of patch produced years ago for this
problem (the computer locks up on shutdown if an earlier read/write to
the serial port failed) and mentioned on the newsgroups at some point,
but when I tried to track it down I couldn't find the original thread
via a Google search.

There was a problem with Unixlib-based programs like CVS which would
sometimes sieze the machine in the middle of a serial port session (usually
trying to use CVS over dialup internet). It was something to do with
handlers being called when the program was swapped out.

[snip]

No, this was just a little utility that would forcibly drain the serial
port [buffer] when run....


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