DTR / DTS vs RTS/CTS vs Wine

[mfeitosa]

Mike,

Thanks for a prompt answer!
I am going to test the cabling scheme and will send some info by the end of 
next week.
Are you aware how windows implements hw flow control?
I read in the wine-devel history a comment that stated that windows might 
not imlpement hw flow control at all.
This intrigues me because the printer does work on windows.

Miguel


At 16:43 24/7/2002 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Miguel,
>
>You are correct; the Linux kernel does not support DTR/DSR flow control. 
>If a windows program requests DTR/DSR flow control in wine, we just write 
>a FIXME to stderr and ignore the setting.
>
>Your idea to build a cable that wires the printer's DTR/DSR to the 
>computer's RTS/CTS may work, but you may also need some small hacks in 
>wine to select RTS/CTS flow control when the program asks for DTR/DSR flow 
>control. That won't garantuee that your program works, but it will at 
>least be a little better...
>
>I guess the other option is to implement DTR/DSR flow control in the Linux 
>kernel... but that may not be easy :)
>
>Mike
>