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From: dmuntz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Dan Muntz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: NetBSD: serial driver worth the wait ?
Date: 15 Nov 1993 23:44:14 GMT
Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
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In article <dhess.753404681@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>, Drew Hess <dhess@Xenon.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
>I've been running NetBSD-current for a few months with a SLIP connection at
>57600 with a 16550 UART and have never had an overflow.  I only ran -0.9 for
>a few days, so I can't comment on -0.9 specifically....

I'm running NetBSD 0.9 (not current) with a SLIP connection at 57600 with a
16550 UART and it has worked flawlessly.  I'm quite happy with the 0.9
serial driver (works with my multiport card with only a slight mod, and
works properly with my printer).

  -Dan