>> could it be that some other process is stealing bytes >> out of the uart? how do i make sure that's not happening? > > that's really unlikely given that the kernel is splhi > looping to poll the uart.
I don't think another process is stealing bytes but I do sympathize
with anybody having uart problems. I couldn't read all the bytes
off a GPS when it's baud rate was set higher than 4800.
Sape
