vm (vgetty) and ZyXEL Elite 2864ID

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Sat, 3 May 1997 22:12:21 +0200


Hi,

Mate Wierdl wrote:
> In all programs using my tio.c module, you can just tell the programs to
> use 115200 bps, and you won't need the "spd_vhi" kludge (which will go
> away some day anyway, or at least that's what I hope).
> 
> So if I am using mgetty (in Linux), I do not have to do 
> 	setserial spd_vhi
> in rc.serial (as it is recommended in SErial.HOWTO)?

If you only use mgetty (+sendfax), yes. Using setserial won't harm, but
bring any benefit either.

If you use dial-out software that doesn't know how to enable 115200 bps
directly, you may have to fall back to use "setserial spd_vhi" for the
benefit of those applications.

gert


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