[syslinux] syslinux 5.01 serial regression...

[Gene Cumm]

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:38 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> On 05/27/2013 11:19 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 2:03 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
>>> On 05/27/2013 11:01 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
>>>> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:04 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 05/27/2013 04:49 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 115200 = 0x1C200 so "SERIAL 1 115200" should be setting the bit rate
>>>>>> to 9600 and the flow control to 0x200.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I really hope that is not true.
>>>>
>>>> Should "SERIAL port [[baudrate] flowcontrol]" actually be "SERIAL port
>>>> [baudrate [flowcontrol]]"?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>
>> Was there ever a time that the behavior was "SERIAL port [[baudrate]
>> flowcontrol]" or has it been misdocumented for years?
>>
>
> It's just a typo.

Whoops!  That would explain why that line has always seemed "quirky".

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-Gene