Re: Badness in device_release at drivers/base/core.c:84

From: Paul Blazejowski <paulb@blazebox.homeip.net>
To: Ishikawa <ishikawa@yk.rim.or.jp>
Cc: wb <dead_email@nospam.com>, "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>,
	Patrick Mansfield <patmans@us.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Badness in device_release at drivers/base/core.c:84
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 12:58:27 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1060189107.887.7.camel@blaze.homeip.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F2FD6ED.1005BB2C@yk.rim.or.jp>

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On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 12:10, Ishikawa wrote:
> (Sorry this is not strictly related to SCSI, but I could not help it.)
> 
> Regarding the use of a program from uucp suite
> for console output capture,
> we can use C-Kermit as well.
> 
> >   Your need a NULL modem serial cable available
> >   from any computer store.
> > 
> > Install uucp - I use on the HOST :
> > 
> > uucp-1.06.1-33.7.2.
> 
> Or you can use C-Kermit.
> See
> 
>    http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html
> 
> for details. There are precompiled packages.
> 
> >  ... [omission ] ...
> 
> > 5. Start uucp on the HOST:
> > 
> >      cu -l /dev/ttyS0 -s 9600
> 
>        kermit
>        set line /dev/ttyS0
>        set speed 9600
>        connect
>  
> and you can issue other commands.
>         set [space] ?
> will print all the available options at that point.
> (You can log the interaction into a file by issueing
> a command to kermit, too, but using script and then run kermit
> inside the scripted session might be easier.)
> (Generally speaking hitting ? somewhere on the kermit command line
> prints usable options/setting/keywords, and so
> you can learn the basics very quickly.)
> You can set up a startup file that sets
> the device name, speed, parity, data size, etc. and
> so you don't have to type all the command every time.
> 
> While I agree cu might work well for one shot job,
> running a full terminal emulator like C-Kermit
> helps us in the long term.
> 
> Just thought to let you know a full-featured terminal
> emulator is available under linux.
> 
> > John Donnelly AT HP DOT com
> 
> Is the succinct and to the point steps
> part of a widely available document?
> 
> I wish I knew this a few years ago.
> 

Kermit was very helpful but due to my inexperience i was not able to get
the log due to Linux's box resetting of /dev/ttyS0 when booting, i would
get disconnect...

Thanks a lot for suggesting ckermit.

Regards,

Paul B.

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