On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 10:56:59PM +1100, Matt Chipman wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have a 486 with 1 byte serial FIFO. This means if I transfer stuff > > through my modem, I get a bunch of bits lost when HD trasnfer any > > data. To fix the problem I unmasked IRQs on the HD controller. > > > > > I could be way off the mark here but when your system boots, does it > say 2 x serial ports 16550 UART ? > > If not replace your serial/hd controller with a 16550 uart model > > -Matt
It's a 16450 UART [or something like that]. Hence 1 byte FIFO instead of 16 byte FIFO. If the interrupts were unmasked properly then I wouldn't need to get new hardware... As I said, it works in 2.2.x series... - Adam
