From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 17 14:50:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA07152 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:50:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA07067 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 21:50:00 GMT (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA01719; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:49:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 14:49:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Chris Gordon cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interrupt-level buffer overflows In-Reply-To: <199804170319.XAA05549@smtp.interlog.com> 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 Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Chris Gordon wrote: > I keep getting buffer overflow errors while trying to communicate with > remote sites. I am able to connect via telnet or ftp (from the Fixit > disk), however I usually can't go any further. In the debug window > (ALT-F2), I continue to get > > DEBUG: xx more interrupt-level buffer overflows (total xxxxx) What does the boot messages report as your UART type for this computer? If they're anything but 16550s and 16650s then your computer can't handle 33.6 speeds. Buy a multi-I/O card with a 16550 UART on it or drop your baudrate. Interrupt-level means that the system couldn't process the data as fast as it was coming through and had to drop it. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message