Shifting right by 1 is not the same as dividing by 2 for signed
values. In particular, dividing a signed value by 2 gives the integer
ceiling of the (e.g. -5 / 2 == -2) whereas shifting right by 1 always
gives the floor (-5 >> 1 == -3).
An embedded board with a 25 Mhz base clock results in an error of
-30.5% when used with a baud rate of 115200. Using division, this
truncates to -30% and is permitted. Using the shift, this fails and
is rejected causing TIOCSETA requests to fail with EINVAL and breaking
getty(8).
Using division gives the same error range for both over and under baud
rates and also makes the code match the behavior documented in the
existing comment about supporting boards with 25 Mhz clocks.