Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:09:21 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: akm@mother.sneaker.net.au, rivers@dignus.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org, perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu Subject: Re: sio silo overflows on a P75 @ 38400 baud? Message-ID: <199710281309.IAA06589@lakes.dignus.com>
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> > +-----[ Thomas David Rivers ]------------------------------ > | > | > | In the span of this 8:52 hours, though, I've only seen 3 silo > | overflows... So, the issue appears to be intermittent... (which > | makes it more aggravating... :-) ) > > You said you thought it was 16550 clone ? > Maybe it doesn't have the 16 byte buffer that the 16550A's have, but, > it is pretending to be one? > > This would certainly cause intermittant SILO overflows on a slowish > box. > That's a good point - perhaps it doesn't. This slowish box is actually an ACER laptop. The documentation claims a 16550; but I kinda doubt it's a real one since this is a laptop and 16550s are (relatively speaking) kinda large... - Thanks! - - Dave R. -
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