Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030482AbWHXVuw (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:50:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030484AbWHXVuv (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:50:51 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:25053 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030481AbWHXVut (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:50:49 -0400 Subject: Re: Serial custom speed deprecated? From: Alan Cox To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" Cc: Krzysztof Halasa , David Woodhouse , Stuart MacDonald , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, LKML In-Reply-To: References: <028a01c6c6fc$e792be90$294b82ce@stuartm> <1156411101.3012.15.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <1156441293.3007.184.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:11:41 +0100 Message-Id: <1156457501.3007.193.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 763 Lines: 16 Ar Iau, 2006-08-24 am 16:43 -0400, ysgrifennodd linux-os (Dick Johnson): > at 75 and increases by powers-of-two. This is because the hardware > always had fixed clocks with dividers that divided by powers-of-two. > What is the claim for the requirement of strange baud-rates set > as an integer of dimension "baud?" Where does this requirement > come from and what devices use these? A lot of chips will do all sorts of interesting speeds such as 31.5Kbit because today the clocks are themselves quite configurable. - 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/