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>1. Introduction</A
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> This is the Linux Serial Programming HOWTO. All about how to program
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communications with other devices / computers over a serial line under
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Linux. Different techniques are explained: Canonical I/O (only
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complete lines are transmitted/received), asyncronous I/O, and waiting
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for input from multiple sources.
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> This is the first update to the initial release of the Linux Serial
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Programming HOWTO. The primary purpose of this update is to change the
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author information and convert the document to DocBook format. In terms
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of technical content, very little if anything has changed at this time.
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Sweeping changes to the technical content aren't going to happen
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overnight, but I'll work on it as much as time allows.
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> If you've been waiting in the wings for someone to take over this HOWTO,
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you've gotten your wish. Please send me any and all feedback you have,
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it'd be very much appreciated.
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> All examples were tested using a i386 Linux Kernel 2.0.29.
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>1.1. Copyright Information</A
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> This document is copyrighted (c) 1997 Peter Baumann,
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(c) 2001 Gary Frerking and is distributed under the terms of
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the Linux Documentation Project (LDP) license, stated below.
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> Unless otherwise stated, Linux HOWTO documents are copyrighted
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by their respective authors. Linux HOWTO documents may be
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physical or electronic, as long as this copyright notice is
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retained on all copies. Commercial redistribution is allowed and
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encouraged; however, the author would like to be notified of any
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such distributions.
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> All translations, derivative works, or aggregate works
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incorporating any Linux HOWTO documents must be covered under this
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copyright notice. That is, you may not produce a derivative work
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from a HOWTO and impose additional restrictions on its
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distribution. Exceptions to these rules may be granted under
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certain conditions; please contact the Linux HOWTO coordinator at
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the address given below.
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> In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this
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information through as many channels as possible. However, we do
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wish to retain copyright on the HOWTO documents, and would like to
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be notified of any plans to redistribute the HOWTOs.
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> If you have any questions, please contact
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>1.2. Disclaimer</A
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> No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted.
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Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk.
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As this is a new edition of this document, there may be errors
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and inaccuracies, that may of course be damaging to your system.
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Proceed with caution, and although this is highly unlikely,
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the author(s) do not take any responsibility for that.
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> All copyrights are held by their by their respective owners, unless
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specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this document
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should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark
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or service mark.
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> Naming of particular products or brands should not be seen
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as endorsements.
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> You are strongly recommended to take a backup of your system
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before major installation and backups at regular intervals.
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>1.3. New Versions</A
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> As previously mentioned, not much is new in terms of technical
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> The original author thanked Mr. Strudthoff, Michael Carter, Peter Waltenberg,
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Antonino Ianella, Greg Hankins, Dave Pfaltzgraff, Sean Lincolne, Michael Wiedmann,
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and Adrey Bonar.
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> Feedback is most certainly welcome for this document. Without
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your submissions and input, this document wouldn't exist. Please
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send your additions, comments and criticisms to the following
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email address : <TT
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