From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65460C43441 for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:17:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 170952086E for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:17:42 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 170952086E Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727816AbeJKDlZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:41:25 -0400 Received: from www.llwyncelyn.cymru ([82.70.14.225]:38460 "EHLO fuzix.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726911AbeJKDlZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:41:25 -0400 Received: from alans-desktop (82-70-14-226.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.70.14.226]) by fuzix.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w9AKHVNp010612; Wed, 10 Oct 2018 21:17:31 +0100 Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 21:17:17 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby , Johan Hovold , Alexander Viro Subject: Re: Insanely high baud rates Message-ID: <20181010211717.30c1f052@alans-desktop> In-Reply-To: <3fcef1c1-d746-ae82-c0e6-f079b1a53ffb@zytor.com> References: <3fcef1c1-d746-ae82-c0e6-f079b1a53ffb@zytor.com> Organization: Intel Corporation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 12:19:04 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > [Resending to a wider audience] > > In trying to get the termios2 interface actually implemented in glibc, > the question came up if we will ever care about baud rates in excess of > 4 Gbps, even in the relatively remote future. Even RS485 at 4MBits involves deep magic. I think we are fairly safe. Not only that but our entire tty layer isn't capable of sustaining anything even remotely in that range. I think its non issue. Alan