Subject: Re: ring overrun
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Brian Andresen <btandresen@ucdavis.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/23/1997 21:03:18
On Sun, 23 Feb 1997, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> >
> > On occasion, when I have a PPP connection up, I get the following message
> > on the console (often repeatedly):
> >
> > /netbsd: zstty0: ring overrun
>
> What version of NetBSD are you using?
Sorry, I should have thought to provide the basic info the first time
around. I'm using the plain ol' 1.2 formal distribution, no fun
varieties of different kernels or anything like that.
> > I'm curious as to what "ring overrun" means, and what its consequences
> > are. Does it mean that the OS has overflowed the modem's buffer, or
>
> No. That means that you have something slow in your system. The ring
Hmm. So is this message "normal" or an indication of a problem?
Thanks,
Brian