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8.Dd
9.Dt DMZ 4 vax
10.Os BSD 4.2
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm dmz
13.Nd
14.Tn DMZ-32
15terminal multiplexor
16.Sh SYNOPSIS
17.Cd "device dmz0 at uba? csr 0160540" "vector dmzrinta dmzxinta dmzrintb dmzxintb dmzrintc dmzxintc"
18.Sh DESCRIPTION
19The
20.Nm dmz
21device provides 24 lines of asynchronous serial line support.
22Modem control on all ports is available
23as an option for the H3014 distribution panel.
24.Pp
25An optional argument
26.Ar flags
27may be supplied with the device specification for
28.Nm dmz
29in the config file indicating
30that the line corresponding to
31bit number
32.Ar i
33is not properly
34connected, and should be treated as hard-wired with carrier
35always present.  Thus specifying
36.Ql flags 0x000004
37for
38.Li dmz0
39would cause line
40.Pa ttya2
41to be treated in this way.
42.Pp
43Normal
44.Tn I/O
45control parameters for individual lines are managed by
46.Xr ioctl 2
47calls.
48Line speeds (there are 16 choices for the
49.Tn DMZ )
50may be initiated via
51.Xr getty 8
52and
53.Xr stty 1
54or may be communicated by other programs which
55utilize
56.Xr ioctl
57such as
58.Xr ifcongif 8 ,
59see
60.Xr tty 4  .
61.Pp
62The
63.Nm dmz
64driver normally enables the input silos with a short timeout
65(30 milliseconds); this allows multiple characters to be received
66per interrupt during periods of high-speed input.
67.Sh FILES
68.Bl -tag -width /dev/tty[abcefg][0-9a-n] -compact
69.It Pa /dev/tty[abcefg][0-9a-n]
70.El
71.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
72.Bl -diag
73.It dmz%d: NXM line %d.
74No response from the
75.Tn UNIBUS
76on a
77.Tn DMA
78transfer
79within a timeout period.  This is often followed by a
80.Tn UNIBUS
81adapter
82error.  This occurs most frequently when the
83.Tn UNIBUS
84is heavily loaded
85and when devices which hog the bus (such as
86.Tn RK07 Ns s )
87are present.
88It is not serious.
89.Pp
90.It dmz%d: silo overflow.
91The character input silo overflowed
92before it could be serviced.  This can happen if a hard error occurs
93when the
94.Tn CPU
95is running with elevated priority, as the system will
96then print a message on the console with interrupts disabled.
97It is not serious.
98.El
99.Sh SEE ALSO
100.Xr tty 4
101.Sh HISTORY
102The
103.Nm
104driver appeared in
105.Bx 4.3 .
106.Sh BUGS
107It should be possible to set the silo timeout with a configuration file option,
108as the value is a trade-off between efficiency and response time for flow
109control and character echo.
110