Hello! On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Nikhil Nair wrote: > Dear all, [Fifo problems on serial device.] > Possible solutions: > > a) Hack the serial driver to use the FIFO for input but ignore it for > output (as if the UART is a cross between a 16550A and a 16450); I don't > understand enough about the low-level stuff to know if this is possible - > it would mean delving deep into drivers/char/serial.c in the kernel, I > would imagine. > > b) Raise the priority of serial interrupts, and leave the FIFO off. I > don't know how to go about doing this, or what the dangers might be... > > Any thoughts, suggestions, advice etc. would be much appreciated! c) Can you activate DMA for the cdrom? This reduces the cpu load. Most modern cdroms support DMA. Roger _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list