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Because serial communication is real-time but not necessarily low-latency, modern drivers use a two-part interrupt model:
The next time you issue screen /dev/ttyS0 115200 , pause to appreciate the thousands of lines of kernel code that are, at that very moment, carefully policing the flow of bits through a 64-byte FIFO, ensuring that not a single character of your prompt is lost to the entropy of asynchronous transmission. 16c95x Serial Port Driver
Instead of forcing the application to manually toggle parity bits to "simulate" a 9th bit—which is slow and often breaks with large FIFOs—your driver should expose a native 9-bit mode. 1. Hardware Address Filtering Hardware Address Filtering In the world of industrial
In the world of industrial computing, legacy systems, and embedded engineering, the humble serial port (RS-232/422/485) remains a critical backbone. While modern consumer hardware has largely shifted to USB and wireless protocols, environments such as CNC manufacturing, telecommunications, satellite ground stations, and medical imaging still rely on high-performance multi-port serial controllers. and embedded engineering
Supports flexible baud rate generation up to 60 Mbaud , far exceeding the limits of standard serial ports.