>Just so you all know (the list included) how I have fixed my silo >overflow problem which occurred while running xmame (and after I quit >until I restarted the X server).... > >I have found the problem doesn't occur if I remove the following lines >from the shell script I use to start xmame: > >xsetpointer Joystick >sleep 1 >xsetpointer pointer
FreeBSD's joystick driver certainly causes silo overflows. It disables CPU interrupts and polls for 2 msec. For 16550 serial hardware, this may cause loss of 21 characters at 115200 bps (23 characters arriving in 2 msec less 2 characters of buffering provided by the 16550 fifo above the trigger level). If sio used a more conservative trigger level of 8, then then the loss would be limited to only 15 characters. >With those lines in the script I had to restart the X-server after >using xmame or I'd get continuous silo overflows. Closing the joystick device should also work. The joystick driver shouldn't disable CPU interrupts or mask clock interrupts. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
