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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: [NetBSD 0.9] Q: SLIP at 38400 => "com1: silo overflow" Date: 6 Feb 1994 20:07:10 GMT Organization: Montana State University - Bozeman MT Lines: 23 Message-ID: <2j3ile$adj@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <CKJHL2.w9@inesc.pt> <CKrqpM.Kny@flatlin.ka.sub.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <CKrqpM.Kny@flatlin.ka.sub.org>, Christoph Badura <bad@flatlin.ka.sub.org> wrote: >In <CKJHL2.w9@inesc.pt> werner@inesc.pt (Werner Vogels) writes: >>I run a slip line between my home and work over a 14.4K v42bis modem, >>with the settings on both sides to 38400 bps. > >>whenever I produce some reasonable traffic, I keep getting the "silo overflow" >>messages on the related com port. .... >From what I've deduced so far one would have to hack the kernel or buy >a faster machine, of course. Not to start a flame-war or anything, but FreeBSD handles very high speeds with it's 'sio' drivers, so it you're not stuck on NetBSD and need high speed modem support you may consider a switch to FreeBSD. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | Graduating May '94 with a BS in EE home #: (406) 586-0579 | - looking for work in CS/EE field.