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In article <2j20v9$3tt@harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au> mike@starbug.apana.org.au writes:
>First, a description of my setup
>
>        80386-40, no co-pro
>        4Mb RAM
>        IDE HD, single controller, ext2 fs
>        vanilla serial board, 16450 uarts
>        ALPHA-pl14{p,x,z} pl15
>        gcc 2.5.7, libc 4.5.8, ld.so 1.3
>        net2debugged, latest 'route' from nic.funet.fi
>
>I have spoken to several people, and followed some discussion in the
>linux newsgroups, and it seems that very few people (if any) have
>SLIP successfully working with any kernels after about pl14u (it
>definitely broke somewhere between u and x inclusive).
>
>  ..... more details omitted
>
>Is this a known problem? Is there a fix? Do any people have SLIP
>working flawlessly under pl15?
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
> - Mike
>
>

For what it's worth I have a very similar setup except that I have libc 4.5.10
and a 16550A uart.  This works fine in all circumstances so far, including
getting files > 1Mb .  This MAY be an MTU problem somewhere down the line,
try reducing your MTU on sl0 to errr .. 950?  (1500 works OK here).

Graham
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