[PATCH] 8xx_io/uart.c

Tom Rini trini at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Feb 11 04:25:30 EST 2003


On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 03:45:41PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
>
> > The pasting into the console bug is actually caused in
> > 'drivers/char/n_tty.c' (standard tty line discipline) by not handling a
> > failed call to 'opost(...)' (if returns -1 if tx buffer is full and char
> > must be retried) in 'echo_char()'.  The pasted data is received fine....just
> > the echo fails.
> >
>
> Hi again
>
> Thanks to Paul Ruhland I was able to fix my problem with chars getting
> lost.
>
> This little patch of mine works really fine for me, I just want to known
> if it's a good solution or if something else is to prefer.

Bring it up on linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org.  A brief description and
this patch should be enough to get people to listen.  Maybe send it to
Alan Cox too..

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Tom Rini
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