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Problem Solving Guide and Reference

TTY Error Identifiers for the Error Log

This category of identifiers contains the following error labels:

TTY BADINPUT   TTY OVERRUN   TTY PARERR
TTY PROG PTR   TTY TTYHOG

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TTY BADINPUT

Error Description: BAD TTYINPUT RETURN

This error is logged by the TTY driver if the tty driver buffer is full. Input data can no longer be loaded.

DETAIL DATA

Error Code System error code (see sys/errno.h).

TTY OVERRUN

Errror Description: RECEIVER OVERRUN ON INPUT

The sending device is ignoring flow control and overloading the hardware buffer on the adapter. This occurs prior to the driver accessing the hardware FIFO.

Refer to Detail Data under TTY BADINPUT.

TTY PARERR

Error Description: PARITY/FRAMING ERROR ON INPUT

Parity errors are occurring to asynchronous ports on a character-by-character basis.

Refer to Detail Data under TTY BADINPUT.

TTY PROG PTR

Error Description: SOFTWARE ERROR: T_HPTR FIELD INVALID

This error is logged by the TTY driver if t_hptr pointer is null.

Refer to Detail Data under TTY BADINPUT.

TTY TTYHOG

Error Description: TTYHOG OVERRUN

The sending device is ignoring flow control. This error occurs after the hardware FIFO has been accessed and has written to the software buffer.

Refer to Detail Data under TTY BADINPUT.


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