patch-1.3.91 linux/drivers/char/README.stallion
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- Lines: 49
- Date:
Wed Apr 17 15:08:57 1996
- Orig file:
v1.3.90/linux/drivers/char/README.stallion
- Orig date:
Wed Mar 27 08:19:28 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.90/linux/drivers/char/README.stallion linux/drivers/char/README.stallion
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
The following ftp sites (and their mirrors) definitely have the stallion
driver utility package: ftp.stallion.com, tsx-11.mit.edu, sunsite.unc.edu.
-ftp.stallion.com:/drivers/ata5/Linux/stallion-1.0.7.tar.gz
-tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/BETA/serial/stallion/stallion-1.0.7.tar.gz
-sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/stallion-1.0.7.tar.gz
+ftp.stallion.com:/drivers/ata5/Linux/stallion-1.1.0.tar.gz
+tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/BETA/serial/stallion/stallion-1.1.0.tar.gz
+sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/kernel/patches/serial/stallion-1.1.0.tar.gz
If you are using the EasyIO or EasyConnection 8/32 boards then you don't
need this package. Although it does have a handy script to create the
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@
possible, most system utilities should work as they do for the standard
COM ports. Most importantly "stty" works as expected and "setserial" can be
also be used (excepting the ability to auto-configure the I/O and IRQ
-addresses of boards). Higher baud rates are supported in the
-usual fashion through setserial or using the CBAUDEX extensions. Note that
-the EasyIO and EasyConnection (all types) support 57600 and 115200 baud. The
-older boards including ONboard, Brumby and the original Stallion support a
-maximum baud rate of 38400.
+addresses of boards). Higher baud rates are supported in the usual fashion
+through setserial or using the CBAUDEX extensions. Note that the EasyIO and
+EasyConnection (all types) support 57600 and 115200 baud. The older boards
+including ONboard, Brumby and the original Stallion support a maximum baud
+rate of 38400.
If you are unfamiliar with how to use serial ports, then get the Serial-HOWTO
by Greg Hankins. It will explain everything you need to know!
@@ -280,12 +280,12 @@
they can be very difficult to get into a system. If you have 16 Mb of RAM
then you have no choice but to put them somewhere in the 640K -> 1Mb range.
ONboards require 64K, so typically 0xd0000 is good, or 0xe0000 on some
-systems. If you have an original Stallion board, "V4.0" or Rev.O,
-then you need a 64K memory address space, so again 0xd0000 and 0xe0000 are
-good. Older Stallion boards are a much bigger problem. They need 128K of
-address space and must be on a 128K boundary. If you don't have a VGA card
-then 0xc0000 might be usable - there is really no other place you can put
-them below 1Mb.
+systems. If you have an original Stallion board, "V4.0" or Rev.O, then you
+need a 64K memory address space, so again 0xd0000 and 0xe0000 are good.
+Older Stallion boards are a much bigger problem. They need 128K of address
+space and must be on a 128K boundary. If you don't have a VGA card then
+0xc0000 might be usable - there is really no other place you can put them
+below 1Mb.
Both the ONboard and old Stallion boards can use higher memory addresses as
well, but you must have less than 16Mb of RAM to be able to use them. Usual
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