From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) Subject: Re: 57600 baud on Linux??? Date: 12 Aug 1993 03:18:18 GMT
In article <1993Aug10.145548.9001@cc.gatech.edu> byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) writes:
| 38400 is the highest standard baud rate that most Unix machines go to. The
| baud rates are hard coded. Linux rather elegant solution is to allow the
| use to swap out the 38400 baud rate with a high baud rate. The setserial
| program found on the nearest Linux archive site allow you swap 38400 for
| 57600, 115200, or in fact any other baud rate you like. The process:
The drivers for some UNIX systems use slow baud rates remapped, so you
still have the regular high speeds. In particular 50=>56k, 75=>76.8k. I
find that pretty easy to remember ;-)
This is in FAS (free v.3/V.4 driver), and a few other drivers I've
seen go by.
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