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- From: uli@kino.intellektik.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Ulrich Grepel)
- Subject: SUMMARY: cpu usage of unused but enabled serial port
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.142613.27644@news.th-darmstadt.de>
- Sender: uli@kino (Ulrich Grepel)
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 14:26:13 GMT
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- Organization: TH Darmstadt
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- Hi all,
-
- this is a summary of the hints I've got for my problem with my unused but
- enabled serial ports eating up my CPU:
-
- 1. Many others have the same problem.
- 2. It seems to be the case that the ports generate interrupts.
- 3. You can decrease CPU usage in several ways:
- a) don't enable the ports
- b) plug something into the ports that quiet them down (e.g. modem turned on,
- a terminal plugged in, logged in and then turned off)
- c) use the dsp together with additional hardware to get a high speed
- serial port that doesn't use up your CPU
- 4. The whole thing seems to be irrelevant of the OS version. I have 3.0, but
- it was that bad much earlier. That's easy to understand since it is a
- hardware problem.
- 5. If you think your '40 NeXT is standing still, a '30 one is running
- backwards.
- 6. A port that is configured to a higher baud rate is eating more CPU.
- 7. 19200 baud need approx. 30-40 percent of the CPU if it can get that much
- 8. A second port needs additional 30-40 percent.
- 9. A port configured to 1200 baud doesn't need any CPU, ps xu only shows 240K
- of RSIZE.
- 10.Modifying /etc/ttys and 'kill -HUP 1' takes effect immediately in both
- directions.
- 11.Ports without hardware flow control eat up the same amount of CPU.
-
- Thanks to all who responded, even if there's no real solution,
-
- Uli
-
-