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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!mcsun!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!newsfeed.ed.ac.uk!edcogsci!richard From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Subject: Re: 2.1.5-RELEASE sio silo overflows? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pitcairn Message-ID: <Dx9GF2.D51@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Sender: cnews@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (C News Software) Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh References: <50i54c$mq7@yama.mcc.ac.uk> <322CCC95.446B9B3D@FreeBSD.org> <50jlc5$gnu@yama.mcc.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 13:06:37 GMT Lines: 12 In article <50jlc5$gnu@yama.mcc.ac.uk> ip@mcc.ac.uk (Ian Pallfreeman) writes: >It's an add-on card with 2 16550s, running at a mere 38400, which I imagine >even a 16450 could handle without sweating too much. Indeed, I used to run with an 8250 (? or whatever the really old ones are) on a 386 and didn't get a silo overflow most days. The FreeBSD driver can handle that easily, unless something's gone wrong in 2.1.5. -- Richard -- :wq