Subject: Re: Serial speed.
To: None <nigel@ind.tansu.com.au>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 07/12/1999 09:41:17
On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 nigel@ind.tansu.com.au wrote:

> ...
> > I tried
> > to set the default speed for the modem port to 230400 in the booter but
> > I still got this when I booted:
> > 
> > zsc0 at obio0 chip type 0 
> > zsc0 channel 0: d_speed   9600 DCD clk 0 CTS clk 0
> > zstty0 at zsc0 channel 0
> > zsc0 channel 1: d_speed   9600 DCD clk 0 CTS clk 0
> > zstty1 at zsc0 channel 1 (console)
> > 
> > Does the booter not like anything faster than 57600?
> 
> 	There is no restriction (except the size of an int) in the
> serial port speeds in the Booter. If you turn off "No env dumps" in
> the Startup options, the booter will output:
> 
> Env: "SERIAL_MODEM_DSPEED" set to 230400 (0x38400)
> Env: "SERIAL_PRINT_DSPEED" set to 230400 (0x38400)

What isn't happy is that the code which reads these values only supports
baud rates available from the baud rate generator. 230400 isn't available
from the BRG, so this value gets dropped.

Take care,

Bill