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Date:      Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:07:47 -0700 (MST)
From:      Brian Handy <handy@condor.physics.montana.edu>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: silo overflow
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960201140603.1415B-100000@condor.physics.montana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199602011827.LAA20509@rocky.sri.MT.net>

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On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Nate Williams wrote:

> > Can someone tell me what this line out of my syslog means?
> > 
> > Jan 27 15:04:24 condor /kernel: sio0: 2 more silo overflows (total 2)
> > Jan 27 15:04:32 condor /kernel: sio0: 1 more silo overflow (total 3)
> 
> It means the hardware couldn't keep up with the serial load.  I started
> seeing that recently on my -stable box at home after I upgraded the
> kernel, and I *never* saw it before.  I'm not sure why, but it might be
> related to the SPL changes Peter/Bruce made.  (Just guessing).
> 
> It's mostly harmless, but annoying since the only load I have is *ONE*
> SLIP connection running at 115K on a 486/66 which is mostly unloaded
> when I get these messages.

Heh...hmmm.  Allow me to take this a step further.  You're saying my 
serial mouse is overloading the system? :-)

Curiouser and curiouser,

Brian



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