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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.development:18469 comp.os.linux.misc:28537 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14150 comp.os.386bsd.misc:3903 sci.electronics:83009 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc,sci.electronics Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sunserver.insinc.net!cuugnet!pepersb From: pepersb@cuug.ab.ca (Brad Pepers) Subject: Re: 16550 detection Sender: usenet@cuug.ab.ca Message-ID: <CyKt58.L5E@cuug.ab.ca> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 06:39:07 GMT References: <CyIzxz.97A@cuug.ab.ca> <39311m$t8q@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> <MICHAELV.94Oct31115147@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group Lines: 31 In article <MICHAELV.94Oct31115147@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: >In article <39311m$t8q@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> mlord@bnr.ca (Mark Lord) writes: > > In article <CyIzxz.97A@cuug.ab.ca> pepersb@cuug.ab.ca writes: > > <couple of days I've loaded Linux on 2 systems that swear they use 16550's > <and seem to work fine when I use setserial to say the are 16550's but are > <only recognized as 16450's by Linux. Anyone know why? Anyone got a clue > > 16550's are useless (no better than 16450's). > What you need are 16550A's. > >Semantic nit-picking... I'm sure he was using the term ``16550'' in >the general sense to imply any 16550-type chip. Yes it is! 16550-type chips are what I meant! >I've never seen this on NetBSD (but I certainly haven't tried every >16550 chip). You might look at the NetBSD com.c driver and see what >it does. I'd like to have a look at it. Don't suppose you could mail it to me? Not sure where to find it and don't want to download the entire FreeBSD distribution for 1 source file. +----------------------------Ren & Stimpy--------------------------------+ | "Psst. Hey Guido. It's all so clear to me now. I'm the keeper of the | | cheese. And you're the lemon merchant. Get it? And he knows it. That's | | why he's gonna kill us. So we gotta beat it. Yeah. Before he lets | | loose the marmosets on us! Don't worry, little missy! I'll save you!" | +------------------ Brad Pepers -- pepersb@cuug.ab.ca -------------------+