Bug 3322

Summary:	serial port use almost stops Sparcstation
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	r.cartlidge
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Cristian Gafton <gafton>
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Description r.cartlidge 1999-06-07 23:12:40 UTC

If data is transmitted from a serial port, say by
cat /boot/vmlinuz > /dev/ttyS1
then the load goes up and almost no work can be done till
the transmission is over.