Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Framebuffer overflow halts network (fwd)

[Geert U. <ge...@li...>]

On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Leif Neland wrote:
> From: "James Simmons" <jsi...@in...>
> > > I have set up my primary work machine (i.e. it is mostly used as a
> terminal
> > > to connect to other servers) with framebuffer and have 64 lines*160
> chars in
> > > a pretty font.
> > >
> > > I ssh to other servers from this machine.
> > >
> > > If I do something which create a lot of output, eg. ls -lR /, the remote
> > > machine sends more data than the framebuffer-terminal can handle. This
> > > blocks the network on the terminal machine, which also is nameserver,
> > > internal webserver and upsd server.
> 
> > Which kernel are you using and whcih video card?
> 
> Debian-version: 3.0
> 
> Linux 2.2.19

In 2.2.19, the console subsystem disables interrupts when outputting to the
console. This was fixed in 2.4.x.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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