Subject: Re: kern/22772: com1: silo overflow
To: None <Christph_Egger@gmx.de>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/15/2003 22:19:31
On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 01:21:28PM +0200, Christph_Egger@gmx.de wrote:
> 	Hello!
> 
> 	I have my 56k modem connected on com1, com0 was used by my mouse till I switched to a PS/2 one.
> 
>  	I get strange kernel messages from time to time, when I am online
> 	_and_ transfer some data:
> 
> 	Sep 13 12:48:02 athene /netbsd: com1: 2 silo overflows, 0 ibuf floods
> 	Sep 13 12:49:12 athene /netbsd: com1: 1 silo overflows, 0 ibuf floods
> 
> 	What does this mean?

The receive buffer of the serial port did overflow, most likely because
the CPU didn't read the data fast enouth.
What hardware is it, and what is your ppp config ?


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