Re: 2.2.12: serial driver swapping characters?

Linux Kernel Mailing List Accumulator (linuxk@nyct.net)
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 13:03:53 -0400 (EDT)

> > Is the CPU really too slow for 9600 Baud? If so, shouldn't characters
> > simply be missing in the input?
> >
>
> I have these problems on 486/25Mhz (sometimes even on 33Mhz') - pushing
> beyond 9600 isn't something which is done reliably.
>
> 9600 usually works, though ..

I don't know if you're talking to something other than a modem through
your serial driver (smirk), but to throw my chips in the pile, my 56k
modem works reliably on my 486/66.

Although it disconnected -frequently- when I ran FreeBSD..

--Michael Bacarella

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