Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 1 Feb 2001 15:50:54 -0800 (PST) | | From | Alex Belits <> | | Subject | Re: Serial device with very large buffer |
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On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > I also propose to increase the size of flip buffer to 640 bytes (so the > > flipping won't occur every time in the middle of the full buffer), however > > I understand that it's a rather drastic change for such a simple goal, and > > not everyone will agree that it's worth the trouble: > > Going to a 1K flip buffer would make sense IMHO for high speed devices too
1K flip buffer makes the tty_struct exceed 4096 bytes, and I don't think, it's a good idea to change the allocation mechanism for it.
-- Alex
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