Re: Is 115200 still the maximum baudrate?

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Thu Nov 02 2017 - 13:14:06 EST


On Thu, Nov 02, 2017 at 04:42:56PM +0100, Paul Menzel wrote:
>
> The Linux serial console documentation [1] says that 115200 is the maximum
> supported baudrate.
>
> > The maximum baudrate is 115200.
>
> Is that still accurate? If yes, where should I look to support higher
> values?

See the setserial man page and the spd_* options:

spd_hi
Use 57.6kb when the application requests 38.4kb. This parameter
may be specified by a non-privileged user.

spd_vhi
Use 115kb when the application requests 38.4kb. This parameter may
be specified by a non-privileged user.

spd_shi
Use 230kb when the application requests 38.4kb. This parameter may
be specified by a non-privileged user.

spd_warp
Use 460kb when the application requests 38.4kb. This parameter may
be specified by a non-privileged user.

- Ted