Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.0 slip doesn't
To: mark thompson <thompson@coyote.csusm.edu>
From: None <Mark_Weaver@brown.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/03/1995 21:17:26
thompson@coyote.csusm.edu (mark thompson) writes:
> I am running NetBSD 1.0 (with the bare minimum of patches). Slip locks up
> very quickly when I connect. Ethernet takes a long time to lock up, and
> I believe that is due to semi-known problems in the ep driver.
> 
> So, does the sl driver have a problem in 1.0, or is it due to the fact that
> my machine has serial ports that don't have fifos?

For what it's worth, I've been using SLIP 24 hours a day on NetBSD
1.0 and NetBSD-current without any problems or lockups whatsoever.
I do, however, have 16550s.

	Mark
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