Re: 921Kbps on Linux: is it possible ?!?!
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
15 Oct 1998 21:10:37 GMT
Followup to: <039701bdf795$ccd46020$074b82ce@djw.connecttech.com>
By author: David Worthen <djw@connecttech.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> There are several boards on the market now that support baud rates such as
> 921 kbps.
> However, for over a year, Connect Tech has been shipping boards that support
> 1382.4 kbps.
> From our point of view, they really exist and they are really useful.
>
> Rather than play catch-up with the kernel, why not extend it into the future
> and go way beyond the 921 or 1382.4 kbps? If you are already modifying or
> expanding kernel structures, it is probably not that much more incremental
> work to go to a multiple of 921 and 1382.4 kbps.
>
> Regards,
> David
>
*Sigh*... POSIX really blew it when the kept the bloody Bxxxx macros.
What a hideous hack. It would be so much nicer to treat these numbers
as *numbers*...
-hpa
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