From: ewtroan@ewt.raleigh.ibm.com (Erik Troan) Subject: Re: 16550 uarts and .99pl8 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1993 13:36:44 GMT
In article <C5yv07.Eny@world.std.com>, nigel@world.std.com (Nigel R
Gamble) writes:
|> I don't have any problems with 0.99pl8 and my 16550A. But I recently
|> read over in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware that the difference between a
|> 16550 and a 16550A is that the 16550 has a bug in the FIFO which can
|> cause repeated characters. So the question is: has anyone who knows
|> that they have a 16550A (and not a plain 16550) seen this repeated
|> character problem?
|>
|> --
|> Nigel Gamble gamble!nigel@uunet.uu.net
|> Boca Raton, FL, USA. uunet!gamble!nigel
I'm having this problem. Looking at the chip tells me its a 16550C, and
the kernel tells me its a 16550A at bootup.
Erik