On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Paul Fulghum wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-16 at 17:12 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > 2.6.15 and 2.6.16. Here is the .config:
>
> Alan's rework of the receive tty buffering went
> into 2.6.16 and cured some problems, but clearly not yours.
> Some more adjustments are in 2.6.18-rc4, so that
> would be interesting to try for diagnosing this.
I will try 2.6.18-rc4 and keep you informed.
> I was wondering if the problem was interrupt latency,
> the tty receive buffering, or something totally different.
> I don't know if your problem and Raphael's are caused
> by the same mechanism. I would still like to know which
> kernel versions he has tried.
I tried 2.6.17.7.
But I'm really not sure that the 2.6 is a regression from 2.4, in fact I
think it does better by default.
The stock 2.4.31 kernel I was using had serial overruns at 9600 bauds
already. Once patched with the low latency/preemptive kernel patchs, it
was way better and I had only overruns at 115200 bauds.
With the 2.6.17.7 kernel (configured with CONFIG_PREEMPT and
CONFIG_HZ=1000), I'm seeing overruns starting at 38400 bauds. So
compared to plain 2.4, it's better. However compared to the patched
2.4, it's worse.
(the figures are *very approximative* as the overruns haven't been
detected with the same test conditions on 2.4 and on 2.6)
I have no result with the 2.6.17.7 patched with the real time patch of
Ingo/Thomas since it currently doesn't work on my card (see my separate
bugreport).
(those questions may have been directed to Lee but I'll respond in my case
as well)
> Are you using the low_latency flag on the serial device?
I tried that option with the 2.4 kernel and it didn't improve the situation
at all, and I haven't retried it with the 2.6 yet. But I will do.
> What type of UART has been tested (16550? other?)
I'm using only 16550 and I have no choice here, it's an "off the shelf"
card.
> Are you seeing overruns or just lost data?
I'm seeing overruns.
Regards,
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