linux-kernel - Re: Very strange data loss with jsm driver

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Message-ID: <20110729191442.35d09111@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:14:42 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
Cc:	linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Breno Leitao <leitao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Very strange data loss with jsm driver

> I noticed fifosize in the uart_port info is set to 16, even though the
> fifo size is actually 64 bytes as all actual driver bits know.  What is
> fifosize actually used for?

Only within the driver. The generic code merely knows how it as a
configuration property but doesn't use it.

Alan
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