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List:       axp-redhat
Subject:    Re: Cablemodem on a Alpha XL 366
From:       Herwin Jan Steehouwer <herwinjs () palet ! nl>
Date:       1998-04-14 17:41:16
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On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Hugo van der Kooij wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 Jay.Estabrook@digital.com wrote:
> 
> > 
> > >>> "Michael J. Donahue" said:
> > >
> > > FWIW, I have found that I can get 115200 if I use 'setserial' with
> > > spd_vhi, and then don't specify a speed in my dip script.
> > 
> > >From the "setserial" manpage:
> > 
> >        spd_hi Use 57.6kb when the  application  requests  38.4kb.
> >               This parameter may be specified by a non-privileged
> >               user.
> > 
> >        spd_vhi
> >               Use 115kb when  the  application  requests  38.4kb.
> >               This parameter may be specified by a non-privileged
> >               user.
> > 
> > So, it looks like you *should* set the speed in the dip script to 38.4K.
> > Of course, you may not need to if this is somehow the default... ;-}
> 
> Awkwardly enough this is not a requirement for Intel based systems. So
> does the Alpha handle the serial port differently? Or does the XLT contain
> other hardware for the serial interface?

I have also test my CableModem with a simpel Serial ISA card on 115k2 and
56k6 and i get the same results, so i think the kernel or PPPd ( etc. )
has bugs...

> 
> Hugo.

Herwin Jan

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