Swapfile problem in 6?

[John-Mark Gurney]

Kris Kennaway wrote this message on Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 22:35 -0500:
> > > What is this "serial BREAK"?
> > > How do I "send a serial BREAK" at the serial
> > > console? Is this some magic key combination?
> > 
> > I'm probably saying something about my age by doing this....  :-}
> > 
> > A "BREAK" (in serial communications) is an absence of start or stop
> > bits for more than a character's worth of bits, is handled as a
> > "framing error," and is distinct from any character.
> 
> If your serial program has trouble sending a break, you can use the
> ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER config option which instead listens for a
> sequence of ascii input:
> 
> #define KEY_CR          13      /* CR '\r' */
> #define KEY_TILDE       126     /* ~ */
> #define KEY_CRTLB       2       /* ^B */

ALT_BREAK_TO_DEBUGGER has an advantage over break is that some terminal
servers and computers when you turn them off (or power is disconnected)
will send a BREAK down the line, which can cause your machine to stop
when you didn't want to..

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