Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 13:14:25 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jerry@border.com (Jerry Kendall) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: tty-level buffer overflows Message-ID: <199604060344.NAA02877@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <96Apr4.142545est.18435-1@janus.border.com> from "Jerry Kendall" at Apr 4, 96 02:24:34 pm
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Jerry Kendall stands accused of saying: > > >>>>> sio1: 443 more tty-level buffer overflows (total 443) > >>>>> sio1: 86 more tty-level buffer overflows (total 529) What are you doing on sio1? It looks like you're hammering the machine pretty hard - tty-level buffer overflows occur when the tty code has been prevented from running for a long time despite large amounts of incoming data. > Western Digital 540 Meg Cavier IDE This is a likely culprit, especially if you are swapping on it. > Western Digital 512 Meg SCSI WD SCSI? Are you sure? How old is this disk? > SoundBlaster AWE 32 Are you using this card on a regular basis? > Jerry Kendall Border Network Technologies Inc. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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