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From: ip@mcc.ac.uk (Ian Pallfreeman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1.5-RELEASE sio silo overflows?
Date: 10 Sep 1996 13:42:06 GMT
Organization: not this decade...
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References: <50i54c$mq7@yama.mcc.ac.uk> <50kb48$9ok@helena.mt.net> <gergDxG5ry.FGo@netcom.com> <512goo$15q@anorak.coverform.lan>
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In article <512goo$15q@anorak.coverform.lan>,
Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Ah, but FreeBSD is a multi-user, multitasking OS that doesn't carry much
>latency at all ! That's why I can drive a 28.8k modem at a DTR of 115200
>through an 8250 UART :) It must be about a year since I saw my last
>serial overflow.
I'm glad somebody's said that. I didn't much like the idea that my favourite
operating system was so poorly put together _by design_ that it couldn't cope
with a fast serial port.
Which version are you running, Brian? And do you have a SCSI card?
Cheers,
Ian.
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