Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:32:40 +0200 From: Marcus Frings <iam-est-hora-surgere@despammed.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nve(4) timeout fix Message-ID: <vita-brevis-breviter-in-brevi-finietur-mors-venit-velociter-quae-neminem-veretur-868xppk0tz.fsf@shodan.gothgoose.net> References: <20060427120035.D7FA016A43B@hub.freebsd.org> <4450D0E8.4000403@uchicago.edu>
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* Nathan Whitehorn <nathanw@uchicago.edu> wrote: > Also on the subject of nVidia NICs, I've fixed the device timeout > problem on nve(4). It appears that some revisions of the hardware don't > send interrupts on tx completion, which caused watchdog timeouts under > low load. We should take this hardware quirk into account for the nfe > port as well. I also applied this patch to my FreeBSD 6.1RC (Asus A8N-E) for testing and it works perfectly. By now I don't have any timeouts anymore! Will it be added to the official release of 6.1 or CURRENT? Regards, Marcus -- "Erschießt du mich jetzt? Nein, machst du nicht, oder?" - "Nein, mache ich nicht, aber ich kann so zielen, dass du den Rest deines Lebens in Windeln rumläufst."
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