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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!neonramp.com!cynjut.neonramp.com!cynjut.neonramp.com!not-for-mail From: burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: old UARTs and lost comm data Date: 14 Nov 1996 00:11:50 -0600 Organization: Configuration Management Svcs, Inc. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <56ed76$55l@cynjut.neonramp.com> References: <Pine.GSO.3.94.961028120531.441A-100000@amor> NNTP-Posting-Host: cynjut.neonramp.com In article <Pine.GSO.3.94.961028120531.441A-100000@amor>, Mark `Hex' Hershberger <mah@eecs.tulane.edu> wrote: > >I've just installed NetBSD on my 486 clone. It has an old UART chip >without FIFOs, and I keep loosing characters. > >I've tried recompiling the kernel, but, without knowing what to change, >this has done little good. I've seen lots of references to patches that >fix this problem on old versions of NetBSD, but none for 1.2. > >Does anyone know where I could find the patched com.c code (or the diffs >that I need to apply)? > I experienced the same thing. I am going to put up the 1.2 patches I use to make my ppp connection work. My problem is the serial port just kind of 'quits'. I don't know what the problem is, but the com.c patches I use work great and keep the thing afloat. WARNING: These are the non-Machine Independent patches that only work with the i386 port. They will be available on cynjut.neonramp.com as soon as I get them wrapped up and put out on the server. -- Dave Burgess (The man of a thousand E-Mail addresses) *bsd FAQ Maintainer / SysAdmin for the NetBSD system in my spare bedroom "Just because something is stupid doesn't mean there isn't someone that doesn't want to do it...."