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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!bubba.ucc.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: What is a "silo overflow"? Date: 2 Feb 1995 02:00:34 -0000 Organization: None Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3gpec2$aik@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> References: <3fn18a$gej@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Rob Landry (umar@tiac.net) wrote: : I'm running nn under NetBSD 1.0. Every once in a while I get a message : that says "silo overflow". There don't seem to be any measurable consqeuen- : ces of these messages. : What is a "silo overflow"? Should I be doing anything to prevent or elimi- : nate them? Have a look at 'man sio'. It means that you've got a slow machine (due to load?) and a high serial rate - the kernel isn't fetching info from it fast enough. Almost all comms software will do its own error control, asking for a re-transmission so you won't notice the difference except in speed degredation. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....