From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cagney To: Jim Blandy Cc: gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: RFA: pause after sending S-records to ROM68K monitor Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 10:39:00 -0000 Message-id: <3B72CAC8.1060504@cygnus.com> References: <20010809005554.1CDB75E9D8@zwingli.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg00089.html > This patch creates another use of baud_rate (as set by `set baud'). > I'm not sure that's such a hot idea. > > But it does make `target rom68k' usable over an SSH tunnel to a > portmaster; without the patch, GDB transmits the entire program > immediately (I guess it gets absorbed by all the buffers between > itself and the real board), and then times out. Jim, while an inovative interpretation of baud, I don't know that the patch is either correct or robust. From memory, two things govern a serial connection: o bandwidth o latency It sounds like you've got a latency problem while the patch you have is playing with the bandwidth knob. Andrew -- To misquote AST: Never underestimate the bandwidth of a jumbo full of DDS4 tapes.