Serial Preferences

Maybe someone can shed some light.

The Serial Preferences...what are they for?
The X1000 does have a serial port (not connected by default, but it's there), i have it connected and it works from CFE and WB, but it doesn't like as if the Preferences have anything to do with it.

e.g. the "default" speed where PuTTY on the PC side is picking up data is 115200, both in CFE and WB.

The max baud rate i can set in serial prefs is 31250, so nothing gets picked up on the PC side when i send it over ser:

Do i have to handle two different serial solutions here?

Why hasn't serial prefs been updated to support the hight baud rates yet?

Why is serial output working at all when the baud rate is incorrect (program debug, OS debug, GrimReaper debug) and where could i adapt the settings for those serial connection?

Thanks

@Raziel

I think the idea is every piece of software takes care of serial port setup themselves. There's no need for generic settings. I've forgotten what was the reasoning why the Serial prefs tool haven't been removed. Backwards compatibility or something ?

@TSK

I see, but then...
...why is

Echo "Help!" >SER:

not showing up in putty on the windows side unless i reduce putty's setting to the same baudrate as in serial prefs...contradicts slightly to what you said.

Prefs/Serial is for configuring anything that runs through serial.device, like SER:.

Most terminal programs have their own settings and override the system defaults (set with Prefs/Serial).

Simon

Just tried on my SAM460ex.
I don't have a serial.prefs, but I have on my Uboot prefs 'baudrate=115200' variable set, check how to set/do it on your X1000 (or maybe remove your serial.prefs)

Then from AmigaOS4.1FEupd1 CLI/Shell I type:
echo "0123456789 0123456789" >ser:

and I see on windowsXP putty (configured COM1: 115200):
0123456789 0123456789

@jabirulo

There is no variable baud or baudrate in the CFE vars, at least i didn't find any in the manual.

It seems to be hardcoded to the CFE firmware.
And as i can't enhance the serial prefs baudrate to 115200 i'm stuck, or i need to always use a difernet setting in putty, which is lame