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From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: *BSD and 115kbps Serial
Date: 10 Jan 1995 16:30:24 GMT
Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman  Montana
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References: <3eegop$3r9@homer.alpha.net> <JBH.95Jan5100037@moses.oau.org> <3el13u$t4b@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <3eqmgv$o5q@mojo.eng.umd.edu>
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In article <3eqmgv$o5q@mojo.eng.umd.edu>,
William Kupersanin <kuper@glue.umd.edu> wrote:
>Bruce Evans (bde@zeta.org.au) wrote:
>
>: FreeBSD can handle a full 115kbps bidirectional without silo overflows
>: on the following hardware:
>
>
>I have FreeBSD Ver 2.0 installed on a 486DX2. It has a 16550 UART
>connected to an Intel 14.4 modem. I get silo overflows at 19.2 38.4
>and 57.6. I haven't tried 14.400 yet. I had assumed that it was a
>problem with the driver, but after reading these postings, I guess
>that others aren't experiencing the same problems. Can anybody point
>me in the right direction as far as how I can troubleshoot this.

Send the output of dmesg to 'bugs@freebsd.org' along with all necessary
information.  It shouldn't SILO overflow at all, so it may be a setup
problem such as using the wrong type of flow control (your application
may expect something different than what is being used)


Nate
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