Re: 921Kbps on Linux: is it possible ?!?!

Chris Zwilling (chris@cloudnet.com)
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:11:59 -0500 (CDT)

On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > # I've noticed that in the linux/include/asm/termbits.h there is no
> > # definition for a baud rate of 921.6Kbps (it only goes up to 460.8Kbps).
> > # Therefore, it's not possible to use setserial to set a serial port to this
> > # speed ... is it ?!?!
> >
> > I've never even been able to get 460K to work correctly. I bought a
> > highspeed serial board
>
> Just a note: modern Winbond/NatSemi serial ports can do this, too, and
> I probably have in my thinkpad... That means that even "normal" PC's
> could be able to acchieve such speeds. I wonder if it is worth
> supporting?
>

The original spec on the 16550 was that it could do 1Mbit/s - although I
don't know of anyone taking advantage of it.

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