Serial port performace (was Re: DSP chips are NOT dinosaurs)

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From: Stuart Ritchie
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 02:37

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louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) writes:
> This isn't always the case.  If you choose some serial encapsulation
> that the 8530 supports (like HDLC), you can arrange to have it
> interrupt you and terminate the DMA transfer when it receives an
> entire frame.  This should work *better* than the normal UNIXy sort of
> transfers.

This sounds like the day when serial ports turn into a block device.
For protocol people, the day could not come earlier!

..Stuart

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