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Date:      Sat, 16 Dec 1995 05:59:54 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        nate@rocky.sri.MT.net, wilko@yedi.iaf.nl
Cc:        FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: sio overruns on 2.0.5R
Message-ID:  <199512151859.FAA26342@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>> After I switched to a Asus P55TP4XE 90Mc I see things like
>> 
>> sio0: 5 more silo overflows (total 7)
>> 
>> The Asus supposedly has 16550A UARTs, of which I use one. 
>> 
>> On my previous MB, a 25Mc 486DX
>> I used an AST/4 with 16550A chips without a single silo overflow.
>> I also have the impression the UUCP datarate is now slower than
>> before.
>> 
>> This is a 14K4 modem BTW, on a 57600 baud line.

>I hate to sound like a broken record, but are you *sure* you're using
>flow-control?  Can you use stty on the connected end to make sure?

Er, flow control has no effect on silo overflows.

Perhaps the problem is a downgrade to a bus-hogging DMA controller.

Bruce



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