Re: 2.1.8 problems

Michael Nelson (nelson@seahunt.imat.com)
Sun, 10 Nov 1996 17:45:40 -0800 (PST)

Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <root@startrek.in-trier.de> wrote:
> Hello,
> I've just compiled & installed 2.1.8. Everything seems to work fine,
> except for 2 problems:
>
> (1) There's a problem with serial ports or CSLIP - With 2.1.8, I can
> connect to my ISP (i.e. get a carrier), but only about half the
> characters are getting through.

I reported the same on ppp to Linus a couple days ago. He sent me a
patch to try within hours, but it didn't fix the "dropped characters on
serial port" problem.

I'm running 2.0.25 now until the 2.1.x serial port problems are fixed.

Michael

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