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From: rooij@mozart.cft.philips.nl (Guido van Rooij)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386BSD] New release of my improved serial driver
Keywords: 386bsd, com, serial, UART, 16450, 16550
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Date: 11 Feb 93 09:05:19 GMT
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roo@zone4.ocunix.on.ca (Andrew Low) writes:

>I'd like to know if there is anyone running a 14.4 modem at full
>speed under 386bsd.  

>I have a 486/33 with V32bis modem which I currently run under another
>unix lookalike (commercial).  I use it for news and mail (along with
>development), so I require that UUCP transfers at 14.4 will survive.

>If anyone out there has similar hardware and is running 386BSD please
>drop me a note about the performance of the serial driver.  

>+/+\+/+\+/+chew carefully/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+\+/+
>Andrew [roo@zone4.ocunix.on.ca] m a c h i n e l o v e h a t e f e a r v o i d .
>** Please note change of address! ** User Id has changed from 'andrew' to 'roo'

I suggest you use cgd's driver. There are some bugs in it, but they'll soon be
send to the net. I am using oridinary comports, without a 16550. But I can
work fine on a 9600 baud link. With a 16550 much higher speeds are possible
without loss of characters.

-Guido