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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: [Q] com1: silo owerflow and slip
Message-ID: <hastyCC0rvp.63J@netcom.com>
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
References: <1993Aug19.135931.165@ebc.ee> <250bki$r9m@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 18:40:36 GMT
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In article <250bki$r9m@pdq.coe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes:
>In article <1993Aug19.135931.165@ebc.ee>, Marek Tiits <marek@utlib.ee> wrote:
>>
>>	hi all!
>>
>>	i've just successfully installed NetBSD 0.8 on ISA 486-33 with
>>8 MB RAM and 350MB Conner IDE disk. BUT yhe problem is, that my 9600bps
>>leased line slip connection is very unstable. I'm geting messages
>>
>>	com1: silo overflow
>>
>>at console and connection is lost until roboot! what am i do to fix this
>>problem??
>
>Uh oh.  If you were running FreeBSD or 386bsd, I would suggest you fire
>up the converters, and run sio, which works pretty darn OK.  I don't
>know offhand what the NetBSD dudes have for serial drivers other than
>the stock one.
>
>It is odd that you're having problems at 9600 baud, I would'nt have guessed
>you'd have trouble on a 486 with 9600 baud.
>
>Are you sure you have modem control,flow control, and all that mumbo-jumbo
>set up properly?

Also, does the com port or modem have 16550 hardware buffer?
If not, you will get com overflows...


	Regards,
	Amancio Hasty


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