Re: FAQ update -- serial consoles


Oleg Gusev (oleg@usm.uni-muenchen.de)
Thu, 01 Apr 1999 11:04:31 +0100


Jeff DeMaagd wrote:
>
> Why is there a 9600 limitation? I have a VT-230 that should work up to
> 33600 or such, but I ran into that rate limitation.
>
It is not a "limitation". It is the "standard". This way everybody knows
which settings to use. After the booting phase your getty can change
the baud rate to faster one ( at least my VT420 does this ).
If you don't like it, change uart.c in MILO sources and recompile.

> int uart_init()
> {
> int code;
>
> code = 1;
>
> uart_enabled = milo_global_flags & SERIAL_OUTPUT_FLAG;
>
> inputport = COM1;
> outputport = COM1;
>
> uart_init_line(1, 9600);
> uart_init_line(2, 9600);
>
> return (code);
> }

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