From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 28 05:04:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA21297 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 05:04:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from elvis.vnet.net (elvis.vnet.net [166.82.1.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA21292 for ; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 05:04:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from ponds.dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by elvis.vnet.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA15247; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:03:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes [10.0.0.3]) by ponds.dignus.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA13836; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:20:17 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) id IAA06589; Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:09:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:09:21 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199710281309.IAA06589@lakes.dignus.com> To: akm@mother.sneaker.net.au, rivers@dignus.com Subject: Re: sio silo overflows on a P75 @ 38400 baud? Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org, perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > +-----[ 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. -