Re: adb_key: buffer overflow


Subject: Re: adb_key: buffer overflow
marc.shapiro@acm.org
Date: Wed Sep 13 2000 - 03:47:14 MDT


 || From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>
 || Subject: Re: adb_key: buffer overflow
 || Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 11:02:17 +0200
 ||
 || >Only on one occasion, MacOS running under MoL got stuck
 || >with repeated messages on the calling console:
 || >adb_key: buffer overflow
 || >
 || >Anything I can do to avoid this?
 ||
 || Usually, that means that the MacOS crashed.

I don't think this is MacOS's fault.

This happens to me very frequently. I observe mostly when I leave MOL
running for a long time, and/or I switch a few times between the MOL
console and X windows (let's say 4 or 5 times in each direction), and/or
I put my PowerBook to sleep and wake up while MOL is running.

I've learned to avoid doing all those things, but the problem still hits
me relatively often. I get the impression MOL gets confused when I do
several things at once. Is it losing interrrupts maybe?

In my opinion this is the most serious problem with MOL and the main
reason why I sometimes boot into MacOS rather than use MOL all the time.

                                 Marc



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