From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 14 06:17:13 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E917F16A403; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:17:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D2F843D46; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:17:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kADElwfQ004667; Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:47:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id kADElvjo044200 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:47:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <200611131447.kADElvjo044200@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:48:08 -0500 To: =?KOI8-R?Q?=F3=D0=C1=D2=D4=C1=CB_=F2=C1=C4=DE=C5=CE=CB=CF?= , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <455858A3.9060701@aif.ru> References: <455768F3.4000407@FreeBSD.org> <455786DB.4020807@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <455858A3.9060701@aif.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: sem@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sio driver sucks X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 06:17:14 -0000 At 06:36 AM 11/13/2006,=20 =3D?KOI8-R?Q?=3DF3=3DD0=3DC1=3DD2=3DD4=3DC1=3DCB_=3DF2=3DC1=3DC4=3DDE=3DC5= =3DCE=3DCB=3DCF?=3D wrote: >O. Hartmann =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4: >>Sergey Matveychuk wrote: >> >>>Do you know an old sio driver is hardly usable? >>> >>>There are many silo overflows, working with a terminal device is a >>>nightmare. There was a report about one crash with a message about a >>>spinlock holed more than 5 seconds (there is no core dump because it has >>>not repeated). >>> >>>After a discussion in a Russian FIDO group I've change it on uart and >>>the problems gone. >>> >>>I think a default driver should be changed from sio to uart until it >>>will be fixed. >>> >>> >> >>Had those overflows many times when I used FreeBSD 6.0-STABLE, >>6.1-STABLE and a modem. >>But this never had a so bad influence forcing me into using uart. >> >I had serious problems with sio on Intel STL2=20 >motherboard and recent stable. Massive silo=20 >overflows (modem was almost unusable) and at=20 >least 1 sio-related panic (spinlock held for=20 >more than 5 sec). Now I changed sio to uart ant=20 >it works like a charm. All problems gone. How do you switch it from sio to uart on RELENG_6 ? ---Mike >-- >Spartak Radchenko SVR1-RIPE >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"