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32.\"     @(#)dmz.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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34.Dd June 5, 1993
35.Dt DMZ 4 vax
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm dmz
39.Nd
40.Tn DMZ-32
41terminal multiplexor
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Cd "device dmz0 at uba? csr 0160540" "vector dmzrinta dmzxinta dmzrintb dmzxintb dmzrintc dmzxintc"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Nm dmz
47device provides 24 lines of asynchronous serial line support.
48Modem control on all ports is available
49as an option for the H3014 distribution panel.
50.Pp
51An optional argument
52.Ar flags
53may be supplied with the device specification for
54.Nm dmz
55in the config file indicating
56that the line corresponding to
57bit number
58.Ar i
59is not properly
60connected, and should be treated as hard-wired with carrier
61always present.  Thus specifying
62.Ql flags 0x000004
63for
64.Li dmz0
65would cause line
66.Pa ttya2
67to be treated in this way.
68.Pp
69Normal
70.Tn I/O
71control parameters for individual lines are managed by
72.Xr ioctl 2
73calls.
74Line speeds (there are 16 choices for the
75.Tn DMZ )
76may be initiated via
77.Xr getty 8
78and
79.Xr stty 1
80or may be communicated by other programs which
81utilize
82.Xr ioctl
83such as
84.Xr ifcongif 8 ,
85see
86.Xr tty 4  .
87.Pp
88The
89.Nm dmz
90driver normally enables the input silos with a short timeout
91(30 milliseconds); this allows multiple characters to be received
92per interrupt during periods of high-speed input.
93.Sh FILES
94.Bl -tag -width /dev/tty[abcefg][0-9a-n] -compact
95.It Pa /dev/tty[abcefg][0-9a-n]
96.El
97.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
98.Bl -diag
99.It dmz%d: NXM line %d.
100No response from the
101.Tn UNIBUS
102on a
103.Tn DMA
104transfer
105within a timeout period.  This is often followed by a
106.Tn UNIBUS
107adapter
108error.  This occurs most frequently when the
109.Tn UNIBUS
110is heavily loaded
111and when devices which hog the bus (such as
112.Tn RK07 Ns s )
113are present.
114It is not serious.
115.Pp
116.It dmz%d: silo overflow.
117The character input silo overflowed
118before it could be serviced.  This can happen if a hard error occurs
119when the
120.Tn CPU
121is running with elevated priority, as the system will
122then print a message on the console with interrupts disabled.
123It is not serious.
124.El
125.Sh SEE ALSO
126.Xr tty 4
127.Sh HISTORY
128The
129.Nm
130driver appeared in
131.Bx 4.3 .
132.Sh BUGS
133It should be possible to set the silo timeout with a configuration file option,
134as the value is a trade-off between efficiency and response time for flow
135control and character echo.
136