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Date:      Thu, 11 Nov 2010 13:34:34 -0800
From:      Rob Farmer <rfarmer@predatorlabs.net>
To:        pyunyh@gmail.com
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Pyun YongHyeon <yongari@freebsd.org>, Joel Dahl <joel@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r215132 - head/sys/dev/nfe
Message-ID:  <AANLkTikCUBj=j7smC7Jpw_p9g1chPsShEhYEFGws7EHY@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20101111211808.GE17566@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
References:  <201011111808.oABI8olX079570@svn.freebsd.org> <20101111183409.GA1011@pluto.vnode.local> <20101111191900.GC17566@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <AANLkTimjUgNLsvqzGNn7SEHZ_=7oF-BJyG2jS7bezy55@mail.gmail.com> <20101111211808.GE17566@michelle.cdnetworks.com>

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On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 13:18, Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, but I think this has nothing to do with the subject.
> I think MCP controllers have a silicon bug that does not generate
> TX completion interrupts under certain conditions/controller models.
> The PR indicates what was really happened which also indicates
> possible silicon bug. nve(4) also seems to have some workaround for
> that but I wanted to verify it since we don't know what binary blob
> did during controller initialization. The message just shows
> informational message and does not reset controller so I think that
> edge case is already handled by nfe(4).
>

I have a system that does this same thing - watchdog timeout (missed
Tx interrupts) over and over. It also generates so much bogus traffic
that all other systems connected to the same switch/hub lose their
network connection while the machine is running. Switching to nve
resolves the problem.

If it can't be fixed, that's fine. Just please don't remove nve -
there are systems that need it.

-- 
Rob Farmer



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