Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 13:07:06 -0700 From: Maxime Henrion <mux@freebsd.org> To: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: Mike Silbersack <silby@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_vr.c Message-ID: <20020516200706.GA496@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <200205151705.g4FH5SS69051@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200205151705.g4FH5SS69051@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Mike Silbersack wrote: > silby 2002/05/15 10:05:28 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/pci if_vr.c > Log: > Enhance the use of the watchdog timer in this driver so that it will > allow recovery from transmission lockups which occur in the middle > of the descriptor list, rather than just at the beginning. > > For some unknown reason, Rhine II chips have a tendency to stop > transmitting while under heavy load, possibly due to collisions. > Whether this behavior is due to a hardware bug or a driver glitch > is unknown as of now. Could you take a look at kern/37929 ? It provides a patch which fixes the lockups themselves according to its author. Thanks, Maxime To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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