>> That's interesting - with my GVP A530 Accel/SCSI system at 38.4k, disk
>> access merely bring all serial access to a dead stop until a second or
>> two after the access stops.  Of course, I am using CSLIP, so the protocol
>> takes care of the corrupted packets before they could create an
overflow -
>> but the root of the problem is the serial driver.
>>
>On my system, C2000 with GVP Combo 22MHz, there is the same problem with
>simultaneous hard drive and serial access.  Whenever HD is accessed, it
>causes serial (I use 14.4k and 57.6k) to lose lots of characters.  The
>same thing happens in both NetBSD (on both 1.0 and -current from
>Ican'tremsoftware and serial
>drivers I've used.  I've heard from somewhere that it is a usual hardware
>bug on different GVP accelerators.

I get the same silo overflow errors with my 14.4k modem when I try to
do anything above 19.2.  I am using a straight 4000/040 @ 25, 14 megs,
and no cards, running 1.0A with the mw-diffs off uni-regensburg...

It seems it is not merely GVP stuff causing the problem :(


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   Bartholomew Niswonger
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                            Biological Sciences Division/Academic Computing
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