[fpc-devel] serial under linux, SerOpen blocks

[Henry Vermaak]

On 18/08/11 14:11, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> But why have I not seen this problem on Debian despite having used this
> unit extensively? And why have I not seen it when testing the modified
> unit on Solaris with the SerOpen() function being unchanged?

Some serial ports seem to have clocal unset, for some reason, which 
causes it to block on open (waiting for the modem status lines).  Like 
you, I've never seen it with any of my serial ports, either.

Henry