In article <C5yv07.Eny@world.std.com>, nigel@world.std.com (Nigel R
Gamble) writes:
|> I don't have any problems with 0.99pl8 and my 16550A.  But I recently
|> read over in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware that the difference between a
|> 16550 and a 16550A is that the 16550 has a bug in the FIFO which can
|> cause repeated characters.  So the question is: has anyone who knows
|> that they have a 16550A (and not a plain 16550) seen this repeated
|> character problem?
|> 
|> -- 
|> Nigel Gamble                                    gamble!nigel@uunet.uu.net
|> Boca Raton, FL, USA.                            uunet!gamble!nigel

I'm having this problem. Looking at the chip tells me its a 16550C, and
the kernel tells me its a 16550A at bootup.

Erik