>>> [...9600 instead of 19200...] >> 1) That's what Soekris has standardized on, we use it in all our >> test setups. >> 2) Sometimes we need to flash a new BIOS before shipping, and going >> to 9600 will double the already long download time. >> 3) And everybody are now used to a soekris box comes at 19200.... > These are very good reasons for not changing the current settings for > the soekris serial connections even on the new models.
Well, (3) and perhaps (1) are. (2) is not; the additional time it would take to switch from 9600 to 19200 (or even higher) for the duration of the download is..minimal. If download time were a major factor, they'd already be getting the new image over Ethernet. The real cost related to (2) is the cost of reworking their equipment and/or procedures to switch baudrates when and as necessary. (This strikes me as probably the real reason they don't use Ethernet, too.) /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
