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RE: Serial custom speed deprecated?
- From: "Stuart MacDonald" <stuartm at connecttech dot com>
- To: "'Alan Cox'" <alan at lxorguk dot ukuu dot org dot uk>, "'Krzysztof Halasa'" <khc at pm dot waw dot pl>
- Cc: <linux-serial at vger dot kernel dot org>, "'LKML'" <linux-kernel at vger dot kernel dot org>, <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:21:21 -0400
- Subject: RE: Serial custom speed deprecated?
From: On Behalf Of Alan Cox
> We could implement an entirely new TCSETS/TCGETS/TCSETSA/SAW
> which used
> different B* values so B9600 was 9600 etc and the data was stored in
I think if a numeric baud rate is going to be supported, getting away
from the B* cruft is important. Just use a number.
> Or we could just add a standardised extra set of speed
> ioctls, but then
> we need to decide what occurs if I set the speed and then issue a
> termios call - does it override or not.
I'd say yes.
..Stu