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From: Mark `Hex' Hershberger <mah@eecs.tulane.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: old UARTs and lost comm data
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:09:24 -0600
Organization: Tulane University
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I've just installed NetBSD on my 486 clone.  It has an old UART chip
without FIFOs, and I keep loosing characters. 

I've tried recompiling the kernel, but, without knowing what to change,
this has done little good.  I've seen lots of references to patches that
fix this problem on old versions of NetBSD, but none for 1.2.

Does anyone know where I could find the patched com.c code (or the diffs
that I need to apply)?

thanks


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It is hard to experience solitude alone.             -- Merton Hershberger