Looking at the SCI Reference Guide “SPRUGH1C” it says that the Rx FIFO cannot be configured for an interrupt of more than 4 FIFO levels.
This talks about the 2802x but does not specifically talk about the part we are using “TMS320F2803x”. The document shows that at reset it is RXFIL4-0 = 11111, but it says it can only have 4 as a maximum (excerpt from UG below).
For our part, (TMS320F28035PAG) what is the max FIFO level that can be set and what are the bits after reset?
