Subject: Re: silo overflows
To: msaitoh <msaitoh@spa.is.uec.ac.jp>
From: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/02/1996 22:51:47
> > > Does someone implement "auto flow control on 16550a (with enable AFE bit)
"
> > > to com.c?
> > Is this feature supported by all 16550's?
> Sorry, I don't know. TI's 16550a (TL16550C) have this feature.
>I don't know another 16550 (for example, I have GoldStar's 16550!)
>have this.
> > How does one enable it?
>AFE bit is located in MCR register.
> /* modem control register */
>+ #define MCR_AFE 0x20 /* Auto Flow Enable */
> #define MCR_LOOPBACK 0x10 /* Loop test: echos from TX to RX */
> #define MCR_IENABLE 0x08 /* Out2: enables UART interrupts */
> #define MCR_DRS 0x04 /* Out1: resets some internal modems */
This bit is undefined in the data sheet for the Startech ST18C550
(their version of the NS16C550), which I believe their dual and quad-
port chips are based on.
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