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30.\"     from: @(#)dh.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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32.Dd June 5, 1993
33.Dt DH 4 vax
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm dh
37.Nd
38.Tn DH-11 Ns / Ns Tn DM-11
39serial multiplexer device interface
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Cd "dh0 at uba0 csr 0160020 vector dhrint dhxint" Op Ar flags
42.Cd "dm0 at uba0 csr 0170500 vector dmintr" Op Ar flags
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44NOTE: This driver has not been ported from
45.Bx 4.4
46yet.
47.Pp
48A
49.Tn DH-11
50provides 16 serial communication lines;
51.Tn DM-11 Ns s
52may optionally be
53paired with
54.Tn DH-11 Ns s
55to provide modem control for the lines.
56.Pp
57An optional argument
58.Ar flags
59may be supplied with the device specification
60in the
61.Xr config 1
62file indicating
63that the line corresponding to
64bit number
65.Ar i
66is not properly
67connected, and should be treated as hard-wired with carrier
68always present.  Thus specifying
69.Ql flags 0x0004
70for
71.Li dh0
72would cause line
73.Pa ttyh2
74to be treated in this way.
75.Pp
76Normal I/O
77control parameters for individual lines are managed by
78.Xr ioctl 2
79calls.
80Line speeds may be initiated via
81.Xr getty 8
82and
83.Xr stty 1
84or may be communicated by other programs which
85use
86.Xr ioctl 2
87such as
88.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
89see
90.Xr tty 4  .
91.Pp
92The
93.Nm dh
94driver monitors the rate of input on each board,
95and switches between the use of character-at-a-time interrupts
96and input silos.
97While the silo is enabled during periods of high-speed input,
98the driver polls for input 30 times per second.
99.Sh FILES
100.Bl -tag -width /dev/tty[h-o][0-9a-f]x -compact
101.It Pa /dev/tty[h-o][0-9a-f]
102.It Pa /dev/ttyd[0-9a-f]
103.El
104.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
105.Bl -diag
106.It dh%d: NXM.
107No response from
108.Tn UNIBUS
109on a DMA transfer
110within a timeout period.  This is often followed by a
111.Tn UNIBUS
112adapter
113error.  This occurs most frequently when the
114.Tn UNIBUS
115is heavily loaded
116and when devices which hog the bus (such as
117.Tn RK07 Ns s )
118are present.
119It is not serious.
120.Pp
121.It dh%d: silo overflow.
122The character input silo overflowed
123before it could be serviced.  This can happen if a hard error occurs
124when the
125.Tn CPU
126is running with elevated priority, as the system will
127then print a message on the console with interrupts disabled.
128It is not serious.
129.El
130.Sh SEE ALSO
131.Xr tty 4
132.Sh HISTORY
133A
134.Nm
135driver appeared in
136.At v6 .
137