Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:51:22 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: LILO and serial speeds over 9600 |
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James Sutherland wrote: > > > > Depends on what the client can handle. For the kernel, that might be > > true, but for example a boot loader may only have a few K worth of buffer > > space. > > Fortunately, the bulky stuff (printk's from the booting kernel) will be > going from the boot loader to the server, and should be buffered there > OK until they can be processed. Only the stuff sent to the client will > need buffering, and that should be simple keystrokes... >
Well, any time there is a network there needs to be buffering, if you want to have any kind of ACK protocol.
-hpa
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