In message <9703192142.ZM28481@picasso.me.ic.ac.uk> of Wed, 19 Mar 1997 21:42:44 +0000 
 r.black@ic.ac.uk ("Robert Black") wrote:

 Hi "Robert Black",

> Yup. Mark has found the problem and fixed it. I don't know whether it has made
> it back into the released kernels yet - try the compiled snapshot kernels. This
> is actually RiscOS crashing because RiscBSD didn't leave the machine in quite
> the state it expected.

Well, on last Weekend I could not find the new stuff on ftp.ph.kcl.ac.uk
/pub/RiscBSD.

> Have you installed the patch sets? From time to time the size of the proc
> structure changes. Your current kernel doesn't match your version of ps (or it
> doesn't match the version of the kernel installed as /netbsd).

The kernels loaded and installed as /netbsd are identical. And No, no patches
installed.  Maybe I should try after my Easter holydays.
> 
> > 3rd netstat sometimes crashes with a read error.
> 
> Same problem as 2.

Agreed.
> 
> Hmm, not seen this one. I'll see if I can reproduce it.

I asked all the UNIX Gurus around here (There are lots of them on our local
Packet Radio network, but none with RiscBSD) for a correct setup of /etc/printcap
and mine now seems OK.

But I think the real problem is that the kernels do not recognize my printer(s)
being online while booting.
> 
> This is due to the asymmetry between disk reading and writing and its affect on
> interrupt latency.

I can't persuade myself to like this fact, but think you are right. :-)
> 
> > With FreeNet on my Risc PC as the receiving ftp client things work better
> > in both directions.
> 
> You would expect this because RiscOS does not have the overheads of preemptive
> multitasking (which increases the interrupt latency by a huge amount).

Yep. I did not think of that, sorry. And the transmission speed from my old A410/1
depends very much on how much other traffic there is on the Packet Radio network.

> Cheers
> 
> Rob
> 

Cheers and beers,
Rainer
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