From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jan 6 11:32:52 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25318 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:32:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA25305 for ; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 11:32:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA27166; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:32:11 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA16917; Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:32:10 -0700 Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 12:32:10 -0700 Message-Id: <199901061932.MAA16917@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Matthew D. Fuller" Cc: Nate Williams , Heikki Suonsivu , kowkn@asia1.com.sg, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: i386/9341: tty-level buffer overflows In-Reply-To: <19990106132502.B25289@futuresouth.com> References: <199901060451.UAA12400@hub.freebsd.org.newsgate.clinet.fi> <199901061636.JAA13961@mt.sri.com> <19990106132502.B25289@futuresouth.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > [ Mods to sio values ] > > > > > I do not understand why these values have stuck to be too small for ages, > > > as most older hardware need this to be able to reliable communicate at > > > higher speeds. > > > > Hmm, I would have to disagree with a 486/66 running 4 full-time 33.6K > > modems w/out ever whining about overflows. At times we stress them hard > > by downloading software from the remote ends to one another just for > > fun. > > I'll disagree with a 486/25 laptop running 1 19.2k hardwired SLIP > connection that gets overflows anytime I do any real 'transfers' I'll bet you have crappy UARTS that claim to be 16550's, but in fact are some sort of clone that doesn't work well. That UARTS on my laptop are not real either, although I get about 57600 on it w/out problems. And, a 486/25 is not exactly a speed daemon. :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message