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- From: jds@kom.auc.dk (Jes Degn Soerensen)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
- Subject: Re: Linux serial port handling
- Date: 01 Feb 1996 11:36:27 +0100
- Organization: Aalborg University, Dept. of Communication Technology
- Sender: jds@aleko.kom.auc.dk
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- In-reply-to: jongk@cs.utwente.nl's message of 25 Jan 1996 16:02:22 GMT
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- >>>>> "Kars" == Kars de Jong <jongk@cs.utwente.nl> writes:
-
- Kars> I just upgraded to Linux 1.2.13pl5, hoping the serial port
- Kars> handling improved. It didn't. My system is an A1200 with a GVP
- Kars> A1230 board, and I'm using the builtin serial port. I am
- Kars> connected to a PC running Linux with PPP. It's a 7 wire cable,
- Kars> so I use the control lines. When I use NetBSD, or AmigaDOS with
- Kars> AmiTCP, I get transfer rates of around 3k per second. When I use
- Kars> Linux, I barely get to 0.7k per second. This is when I am
- Kars> sending packets. When the PC sends the packets the rates are
- Kars> somewhat better, about 2k per second. I just hope the Linux
- Kars> developers are aware of this problem, and maybe are able to fix
- Kars> it.
-
- We are aware that there is a problem with the serial handling in the
- current kernels, but it seems to be differ depending on your computer
- - I for once have had no problems while others have nothing but
- trouble.
-
- Jes
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- jes@leech.adsp.sub.org | why did they come up with Intel?
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