Re: sun serial >38400

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From: Andy Warner
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 18:27

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In article <1993Jan7.194405.15843@colorado.edu>, garnett@refuge.Colorado.EDU (Santiago de la Paz) writes:
> smckinty@sunicnc.France.Sun.COM (Steve McKinty - Sun ICNC) writes:
> >
> >Bear in mind that the 8530 in a SPARCstation is a character-interrupt
> >device. Every received character causes a CPU interrupt and the processor
> > [...]
> Huh?  Since when did an interrupt every 13us or so become an unbearable 
> load?  For well-designed and trim interrupt routines, this is nothing.  I've
> [...]
> every 3rd administrator has a seizure at the very mention of anything over
> 9600 baud.  *sigh*.
> 
> ~james

Go ahead, write a trim interrupt routine & PPP stack, you'll
be a hero.

*sigh*
-- 
andyw.	N0REN/G1XRL

andyw@aspen.cray.com	Andy Warner, Cray Research, Inc.	(612) 683-5835

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