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From: Lucio De Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] FS 4th Ed
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In-Reply-To: <200307221330.h6MDUi715062@augusta.math.psu.edu>; from Dan Cross on Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:30:44AM -0400
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:28:30 +0200
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On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 09:30:44AM -0400, Dan Cross wrote:
>
> > I may well have an old kernel, but the symptoms are real.  Each
> > command also takes a while to return to the prompt and discards any
> > input until the prompt appears.
>
> Using a serial console (as opposed to the CGA console) the problem is
> greatly attenuated.
>
Sounds like there's a timeout waiting for non-existent serial port
activity?  It's a small kernel, I could probably find such a problem,
except I seem to recall a comment from jmk that suggested a permanent
solution.  Ah, then onset of senility...

++L