From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 4 20:05:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA19836 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:05:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hydrogen.nike.efn.org (d182-89.uoregon.edu [128.223.182.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA19798 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:04:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gurney_j@efn.org) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.nike.efn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA11009; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:04:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19980304200448.26184@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 20:04:48 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Mike Smith Cc: John Saunders , shimon@simon-shapiro.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: silo overflows (Was Re: 3.0-RELEASE?) References: <34FE191D.1D676AC3@scitec.com.au> <199803050338.TAA23878@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.69 In-Reply-To: <199803050338.TAA23878@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Mar 04, 1998 at 07:37:59PM -0800 Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney Organization: Cu Networking X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mike Smith scribbled this message on Mar 4: > > The solution is to use either a SCSI disk system, or support > > busmastering IDE. The real problem is the crazy IRQ priorities of > > the PC architeture. > > This last hits the nail square on the head. then can you tell my bt946 not to cause sio overflows?? :) back when I used to run my inet connection (via 28.8k modem) on my main machine using SCSI only, I still got the overflow errors... I finally switched to using a second machine as a router... which really is the only way to go, unless you use a smart serial card like a digiboard which larger buffers... (and now that natd is part of FreeBSD there is no excuse... it's a great use for an old 486 or 386 that you have sitting around)... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD Don't trust anyone you don't have the source for To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message