Perle Systems Adaptors - Manual (Page 78)

FAST Serial Adaptors User Guide
Installing under Linux
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Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards
Installing under Linux
Cards Supported
The driver has been rewritten to support the following Perle products only:
• 4-port AT-Fast
• 8-port AT-Fast
• 16-port AT-Fast (restricted modem control)
• 4-port PCI-Fast
• 8-port PCI-Fast
• 16-port PCI-Fast (restricted modem control)
• 16-port PCI-Fast (full modem control)
• 4-port PCI-RAS
• 8-port PCI-RAS
Enhanced Features
The range of baud rates has been extended to 460800 bits/sec. The on-chip hardware and
software flow control capabilities of the 16C654 UART are utilised to reduce host load.
Known Limitations
1. The driver cannot be installed as a module on multi-processor systems. It can only be
installed as a statically-linked driver. On single-processor systems it can be installed
statically linked or as a module.
2. Data can be lost if multiple ports are run simultaneously at 230400 or 460800 bits/sec.