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- From: harp@netcom.com (Gregory O. Harp)
- Subject: Re: running high speed modems under *nix
- Message-ID: <lgvn70k.harp@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 92 09:49:21 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- References: <1992Sep10.185116.9614@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com> <BuDz1M.Jq4@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
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- Upholder@uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth) writes:
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- >What would it take to get higher than 38.4K rates under linux?
- >(at least 57.6K and perferably 115.2K)
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- In my somewhat limited experience of coding serial routines for DOS, I
- have noted that rates above 38.4Kbaud are usually achieved through
- tight polling loops rather than interrupt serial communications.
- Remember the DOS box, since it runs a single-tasking interrupt handler
- rather than a real OS, doesn't have to do anything other than hit the
- serial port.
-
- In other words, it ain't likely to happen in Linux... ;)
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