Re: 16650

[Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>]

But they are enabled for 16550A, which is the only type you will find
these days.

Bob

On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Steve Hsieh wrote:

> 
> >  > I'm certainly interested because I intend to be getting a byte runner 16650 
> >  > card and ISDN TA in a about a week.
> 
> 
> Something to think about before getting a 16650 card... From the 2.0.30
> kernel serial.c:
> 
>         } else if (info->type == PORT_16650) {
>                 /*
>                  * On the 16650, we disable the FIFOs altogether
>                  * because of a design bug in how the implement
>                  * things.  We could support it by completely changing
>                  * how we handle the interrupt driver, but not today....
>                  *
>                  * N.B.  Because there's no way to set a FIFO trigger
>                  * at 1 char, we'd probably disable at speed below
>                  * 2400 baud anyway...
>                  */
>                 fcr = 0;
> 
> 
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