Cyclom Multi-Port Cards

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Hi Gert,

Gert Doering wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 17, 1998 at 10:09:09AM -0600, Robert W. Canary wrote:
> > Here is something I found didn't know if anyone knew it or not.  It
> > comes from the Cylcades website under Linux Tech Support.
> 
> Hmmm, I'm not sure to which part you're referring.  In any case, use of

Wrong! *I* am not referring to anything. :-)  I simply reported what
Cyclades was saying about their interface speeds and gettys.

> setserial is NOT recommended AT ALL.  Mgetty and most other useful

Yes, that's pretty much what they are saying.

> programs can use 57600 and 115200 perfectly, and using setserial just
> confuses the issue.

Hmmmm, If a port defaults to .... se` 38.4k baud,  then it seems to me
that no matter what the application is putting out the port will only do
38.4k baud.  

function mgetty(reset_CPU_to_port_speed){
    case in "reset_CPU_to_port_speed"
	cannot)
	    setserial /dev/ttyC0 spd_vhi
	    msg="mgetty cannot control port to CPU speeds, using setserial"
	can)	
	    mgetty_setserial($port_speed)
	    msg="mgetty doesn't care about port speed. mgetty will reset it
itself"
    esac
echo "$msg"
}

:-)

--
robert




Does mgetty reset the CPU-to-port speed?  If it does then what's the
problem

> 
> Linux 2.3 will drop spd_hi and spd_vhi.

Main line Linux ditributors are still passing out 2.0.xx

> 
> gert