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Notes about running picocom on BSD-based OSes
=============================================
by Joe Merten (https://github.com/JoeMerten)
Test environment
================
- VirtualBox host Kubuntu 16.04
- FreeBsd 11.0 (VM)
- OpenBsd 6.2 (VM)
- NetBsd 7.1.1 (VM)
- Dragonfly 5.0.2 (VM)
- OSX 10.11.6 El Capitan (native on Macbook Pro)
- macOS 10.12 Sierra (native on Macbook Pro)
- Kubuntu 16.04 (native on Macbook Pro)
- all above on Intel x86 64 Bit
- Cygwin 5.1 on Windows XP 32 Bit host
- Ftdi FT232R, max 1MBaud (chip can 3MBaud, but hw rs232 level shifter
is specified for just 1MBaud)
- Prolific PL2303, max 230kBaud (chip can 12MBaud, but hw rs232 level
shifter is specified for just 230kBaud)
- Unknown Asus onboard (16550 compatible?) uart chip, max 115kBaud.
Just minor testing with this uart, because it seems that it don't
supports non standard baudrates.
For Cygwin, I'd just checked if it will build and ran `picocom
-h`. I'd personally failed opening a serial port within Cygwin.
Note that for Cygwin it needs to implement a `cfmakeraw()`
replacement. See also:
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-09/msg00295.html
https://sourceforge.net/p/ser2net/patches/9/
https://sourceforge.net/p/ser2net/patches/_discuss/thread/8b87fdad/ed37/attachment/ser2net-2.2-cygwin.patch
Accessing serial ports (examples)
=================================
- Kubuntu:
/dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyUSB0
- FreeBsd:
/dev/ttyu0
/dev/ttyU0
- OpenBsd:
/dev/cuaU0
- NetBsd:
/dev/ttyU0
- Dragonfly:
/dev/ttyU0
- macOS
/dev/tty.usbserial-FTGNI4B7 (Ftdi)
/dev/tty.usbserial (Prolific)
Manual controlling handshake lines
==================================
All above listed Bsd variants (FreeBsd, OpenBsd, NetBsd, Dragonfly and
even macOS) fail when trying to reset the handshake lines (RTS and
DTR) using `tcsetattr()` and setting the baudrate to zero. They all
basically work with the TIOCM[BIC|BIS|GET] `ioctl()`s. However, there
are still some issues regarding RTS and DTR control for OpenBsd,
NetBsd and Dragonfly (see details below).
Custom Baudrates
================
Tested with 80000 baud. Most Bsd variants (except NetBsd) worked well
with Ftdi, but not with the Prolific adapter (see details below).
Linux and OSX / macOS still work with both adapters.
Issues
======
FreeBsd
-------
- Custom Baudrates work well with Ftdi adapter. But with Prolific
adapter, baudrate switched silently to 9600 baud.
OpenBsd
-------
- `term_get_mctl()` sometimes reports wrong values for rts and dtr
state (after port open).
- `--lower-rts` works as expected, but `--lower-dtr` lowers both rts
and dtr lines. Same for interactive toggle via `[C-t]` and
`[C-g]`. Toggle rts via `[C-g]` works but toggle dtr via `[C-t]`
also changes the state of rts (and `term_get_mctl()` reports wrong
rts state afterwards).
- Issues occurs with both Ftdi and Prolific adapters.
- Custom baudrates with Prolific adapter has the same issue as in
FreeBsd.
NetBsd
------
- `term_get_mctl()` sometimes reports wrong values for rts and dtr
state (after port open)
- Issue occurs with both Ftdi and Prolific adapters.
- Seems that there is no support for custom baudrates.
- With Ftdi adapter: "Cannot set the device attributes: Invalid
argument".
- With Prolific adapter no error message but same behaviour as in
FreeBsd.
Dragonfly
---------
- Got "FATAL: cannot lock /dev/ttyU0: Operation not supported" on
startup. Need to pass `--nolock` or build with `#define USE_FLOCK`
not set.
- `term_get_mctl()` sometimes reports wrong state for dtr, e.g. when
passing `--lower-dtr`.
- When exit via `[C-x]`, got "term_exitfunc: reset failed for dev
/dev/ttyU0: Invalid argument".
- Custom baudrates with Prolific adapter has the same issue as in
FreeBsd.
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