[ltp] tpctl 0.8.9

[Mo DeJong]

On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 thood@excite.com wrote:

> Hi.
> 
> I have released version 0.8.9 of tpctl which has the
> ability to control the power of the serial port at
> the same time as it enables/disables it.  Doing this
> requires:
> *) patching the kernel
> *) Compiling tpctl from sources using a modified Makefile
> (See the README in the tpctl subdirectory for instructions.)
> 
> It would be helpful if some of you would test it by installing
> tpctl 0.8.9 and doing "tpctl --rs1=enable" and
> "tpctl --rs2=disable" and reporting the results back to me.
> 
> Thomas Hood
> Best to contact me at jdthood-AT-mail.com

Do these changes get saved into the BIOS? I ran into
a problem with the serial port on a Thinkpad 600e, and
I had to use the ps2.exe executable to get it working.
The Linux version would fail to save changes across a reboot.

thanks
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc
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