Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 08:04:40 -0700
From: Phil Oester <kernel@linuxace.com>
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: Russell King <rmk+lkml@arm.linux.org.uk>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       trini@kernel.crashing.org
Subject: Re: Garbage on serial console after serial driver loads
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On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 03:17:12PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> Not really; it's just a quick hack applied without any real
> consideration of the problem. If we're messing up the baud rate when we
> change the master clock, then just make it change the divisor
> accordingly at the same time. We don't seem to store the active
> parameters of the serial console anywhere useful; we can do it just by
> reading back the divisor and multiplying by eight though...

FYI, just tested this patch, and it does solve the garbage problem for me.

Thanks,
Phil
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