From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 18 17:33:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EAEE15129 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:33:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA51438; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:33:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:33:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Andrew Fleming Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interrupt-level buffer overflows In-Reply-To: <37672d0c.890178@scatcat.fhsu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Andrew Fleming wrote: > Can anyone tell me what exactly this message means. > > > kernel log messages: > > sio1: 25 more interrupt-level buffer overflows (total 25) It means that the kernel couldn't service the serial port fast enough and it dropped characters. If it happens any time you try to send something, your interrupts may be misconfigured. > Do I have a bad modem, or is the extra speed I am pushing through the > port too much on an old 486. Possibly. Do you have 16550 UARTs (as dmesg says)? Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message