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From: Ed Maste <emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] boot loader fixes
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On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 03:07:21PM -0400, Jung-uk Kim wrote:

> This patch has various boot loader fixes.
> 
> [...]
>
> 4.  Allow '-S0' or simply '-S'.  This is not to change serial speed.

I gave the patch a try but couldn't get the -S0 functionality
to work.  I suspect that either my BIOS is clearing the UART
before starting the mbr code, or that it's just leaving some
registers in an undesired state.  Maybe the rest of sio_init 
(other than the divisor) is needed in this case.

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Ed Maste
Sandvine Incorporated