tony@hacgate.UUCP (Tony Reeves) (06/01/91)
A question to sun OS users. What is a silo error? I have a application called ushare, when I try to load it for print spooling I get a silo error. Okay, anyone know what that is?
torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) (06/01/91)
In article <15092@hacgate.UUCP> tony@hacgate.UUCP (Tony Reeves) writes: >A question to sun OS users. What is a silo error? A silo is a grain storage building, or a serial port FIFO. Like the grain storage building, the serial FIFO has a limited capacity. If you try to add more grain when the silo is full, it just spills off the sides. If you try to put more characters into the serial FIFO when it is full, they spill into the bit bucket. Hence, `zs%d: silo error' means: DIAGNOSTICS zsnc: silo overflow. The 8530 character input silo overflowed before it could be serviced. just as it says in your manual page. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Lawrence Berkeley Lab CSE/EE (+1 415 486 5427) Berkeley, CA Domain: torek@ee.lbl.gov
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (06/02/91)
In article <13796@dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes: > The 8530 character input silo overflowed before it > could be serviced. >just as it says in your manual page. Of course, the interesting question is why his PRINTER would be providing lots of INPUT. My guess is that it's sending DC3 and DC1 characters in an attempt to flow-control the output, but it could also be other things.