NAME

serial, lserial − GTE 65SC51 serial interface

DESCRIPTION

The file /dev/serial provides access to the GTE 65SC51 serial interface chip for an additional serial line. 

On the device /dev/serial, a normal UNIX serial device driver is provided, with baud rates of 50 baud to 19,200 baud. 19,200 baud is implemented as speed EXTA.  The device /dev/lserial is equivalent to /dev/serial but it will not block if DCD is not asserted. This is intended to allow communication with intelligent modems (for example Hayes compatible) which can accept commands when not connected to a remote modem. 

A baud rate of 38,400 is not available on this interface. 

FILES

/dev/serial
/dev/lserial

SEE ALSO

ioctl(2)

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  Revision 1.6 of 17/07/90