Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161082AbWHRTV2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:21:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932475AbWHRTV2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:21:28 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:6589 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932483AbWHRTV1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:21:27 -0400 Subject: Re: Serial issue From: Lee Revell To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" Cc: Paul Fulghum , linux-kernel , Russell King In-Reply-To: References: <1155862076.24907.5.camel@mindpipe> <1155915851.3426.4.camel@amdx2.microgate.com> <1155923734.2924.16.camel@mindpipe> <44E602C8.3030805@microgate.com> <1155925024.2924.22.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:21:25 -0400 Message-Id: <1155928885.2924.40.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 825 Lines: 20 On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 15:15 -0400, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > A file-transfer protocol??? Has he got hardware the __required__ > hardware flow-control enabled on both ends? One can't spew > high-speed serial data out forever without a hardware handshake. > Interesting you should mention that. As a matter of fact I have to disable all flow control or the serial console doesn't even work. I considered this a minor issue and had forgotten about it. But, in polled mode with no flow control I can transfer a 10MB file. There are a lot of retransmits but it works. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/