From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>
To: fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Cc: Jim Blandy <jimb@zwingli.cygnus.com>, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: RFA: pause after sending S-records to ROM68K monitor
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:44:00 -0000
Message-id: <npae17wpuz.fsf@zwingli.cygnus.com>
References: <20010809005554.1CDB75E9D8@zwingli.cygnus.com> <o5vgjvlsgv.fsf@toenail.toronto.redhat.com>
X-SW-Source: 2001-08/msg00113.html

fche@redhat.com (Frank Ch. Eigler) writes:
> : +       /* A baud rate is "symbols per second"; on a serial line, that's
> : +          the same as "bits per second".  Assume ten bits transmitted
> : +          per byte: eight data bits, one parity bit, and one stop bit.
> : +          (Usually people use 8N1, which I think means the parity bit
> : +          isn't transmitted, so we're actually at nine bits transmitted
> : +          per byte, but we need to be sure to allow enough time.)
> : [...]
> 
> The 10-vs-9 error is because you are forgetting the start bit: there's
> always one.

[light bulb]

> (FWIW, I like the hack.)

Oh, you mean my kludge?  :)