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Date:      Fri, 03 Dec 1999 23:58:42 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: tty level buffer overflows 
Message-ID:  <199912040758.XAA00511@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Dec 1999 13:08:33 MST." <199912032008.NAA12138@mt.sri.com> 

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> > Dec  2 11:08:56 bifrost /kernel: sio0: 208 more tty-level buffer overflows (total 3356)
> > 
> > is appearing on our ppp machine.  What are tty-level buffer overflows?
> > How can I fix this?  What resource is running out?
> 
> Is it safe to assume that this isn't happening on a laptop?  At least
> with the old code (I don't know about the new code), sio isn't using
> fast interrupts when used by the laptop code.

Er, you should read the sio(4) manpage too.  tty-level buffer overflows 
have nothing to do with interrupt latency/execution time.
-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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