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Date:      Sun, 17 Dec 1995 21:37:29 -0500
From:      dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
To:        Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sio overruns on 2.0.5R
Message-ID:  <199512180237.VAA20108@etinc.com>

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>> >> >> I used an AST/4 with 16550A chips without a single silo overflow.
>> >> >> I also have the impression the UUCP datarate is now slower than
>> >> >> before.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> This is a 14K4 modem BTW, on a 57600 baud line.
>> >> 
>> >> >I hate to sound like a broken record, but are you *sure* you're using
>> >> >flow-control?  Can you use stty on the connected end to make sure?
>> >> 
>> >> Er, flow control has no effect on silo overflows.
>> >> 
>> >> Perhaps the problem is a downgrade to a bus-hogging DMA controller.
>> >> 
>> >> Bruce
>> >
>> >Time for some more data: it is 205R, and two SCSI-1 Micropolis
>> >(1x 300, 1x670 Mb) on an NCR810. And a PCI 928 S3 vga card.
>> >
>> >I see no hog here...
>> 
>> I see 2 potential hogs.....
>> 
>> db
>
>And those are??

Every card is a "potential" hog. Doesn't have to be much of a hog to cause this
problem.

db
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