Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 6 Mar 1997 11:02:41 +0000 (GMT) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: Recently moving back up to the 2.1.28 bandwagon.. |
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On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Kaitlin Rachael Silver wrote:
> > I just upgraded to 2.1.28 from 2.0.29, and now mysteriously > letters are being stripped when one telnets to or from my machine. Feel > free to telnet to dreamscape.org for an example of what i mean. Is there > any "simple fix" out there, where i could download a patch for this? > > -Kait >
Yes, it was a "silly typo" (TM Linus), Linus' fix:
------8<--- Cut here ---8<------ diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.28/linux/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c linux/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c --- v2.1.28/linux/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c Tue Mar 4 10:25:23 1997 +++ linux/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c Tue Mar 4 10:18:16 1997 @@ -503,13 +503,16 @@ (real_tty->termios_locked, (struct termios *) arg); case TIOCPKT: + { + int pktmode; + if (tty->driver.type != TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY || tty->driver.subtype != PTY_TYPE_MASTER) return -ENOTTY; - retval = get_user(retval, (int *) arg); + retval = get_user(pktmode, (int *) arg); if (retval) return retval; - if (retval) { + if (pktmode) { if (!tty->packet) { tty->packet = 1; tty->link->ctrl_status = 0; @@ -517,6 +520,7 @@ } else tty->packet = 0; return 0; + } /* These two ioctl's always return success; even if */ /* the driver doesn't support them. */ case TCSBRK: case TCSBRKP: ------8<--- Cut here ---8<------ Bryn -- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( and I don't care ;) | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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