- if (ioctl(fd, TIOCSETD, &initdisc) < 0)
- syslog(LOG_ERR, "ioctl(TIOCSETD): %m");
+ int x;
+ char *s;
+
+ if (initdisc >= 0) {
+ /*
+ * Check whether the link seems not to be 8-bit clean.
+ */
+ if (ioctl(fd, PPPIOCGFLAGS, (caddr_t) &x) == 0) {
+ s = NULL;
+ switch (~x & (SC_RCV_B7_0|SC_RCV_B7_1|SC_RCV_EVNP|SC_RCV_ODDP)) {
+ case SC_RCV_B7_0:
+ s = "bit 7 set to 1";
+ break;
+ case SC_RCV_B7_1:
+ s = "bit 7 set to 0";
+ break;
+ case SC_RCV_EVNP:
+ s = "odd parity";
+ break;
+ case SC_RCV_ODDP:
+ s = "even parity";
+ break;
+ }
+ if (s != NULL) {
+ syslog(LOG_WARNING, "Serial link is not 8-bit clean:");
+ syslog(LOG_WARNING, "All received characters had %s", s);
+ }
+ }
+ if (ioctl(fd, TIOCSETD, &initdisc) < 0)
+ syslog(LOG_ERR, "ioctl(TIOCSETD): %m");
+ }