Subject: Re: Serial Drivers
To: Dean Steptoe <dsteptoe@ott.hookup.net>
From: Curt Sampson <curt@portal.ca>
List: port-sun3
Date: 10/10/1996 05:33:40
On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Dean Steptoe wrote:
> Has there been any improvements made in the serial driver in the latest
> NetBSD? I get buffer overruns at 19,200 which isn't seriouly hampering
> performance. But I would like to put a 28.8 modem on the machine for PPP
> dailup purposes. I would think a Sun 3/50 would atleast be able to handle
> 19,200 and maybe even 38,400 without too much difficulty.
I don't see how improvements would be necessary. I'm currently
using a link through a 28.8 Kbps modem on a Sun 3/50. I get occasional
buffer overruns, but it's nothing serious. (I got virtually none
when I was using a 3/60, but that met its demise recently. *Sigh*)
cjs
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