> > Could this be a MI problem? I'm seeing these messages on my MicroVAX II
> > running NetBSD/vax 1.2:
> > 
> > 
> > qe0: ring overrun, resync'd by skipping 13
> > qe0: ring overrun, resync'd by skipping 9
> > 
> Those messages only shows up on DEQNA cards. I have never gotten it on
> DELQA myself but I have heard about other people that have got it.

I get them on my DELQAs. (Two of 'em.)

> I think that it is a hardware bug that gives these, or something. 
> The DEQNA card is very slow and have a bad reputation, and IIRC
> DEC stopped supporting those devices a long time ago and only
> supported DELQA.

DEC stopped supporting DEQNA under VMS a long time ago, different PDP-11
OSes still support them, I believe.

However, it does have a bad reputation, and can totally hang under certain
circumstances, if I remember the rumours correctly.

	Johnny

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