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Date:      Fri, 19 Mar 2004 22:32:54 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Stephan Uphoff <ups@tree.com>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_xl.c
Message-ID:  <20040319223213.L36571@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <200403192229.RAA26207@stups.com>
References:  <200403192229.RAA26207@stups.com>

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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Stephan Uphoff wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an untested patch that should fix the checksumming.
> ( minimal patch - needs to be optimized later and needs
> additional dma synchronization for non i386 platforms )
> Unfortunately I have currently no card around to test it.
>
> The problem is that after recovery from sender errors the card
> might read and send out packages already released by the driver.
> The bogus packages are normally dropped by the receiver due to
> their bad checksum - however with hardware checksumming the
> checksum is correct.
>
> If anyone is willing to test the minimal patch (and if it works)
> I can write an optimized patch later. (Current patch drops a few
> packages without sending them during error recovery)
>
> 	Stephan

Send the patch to freebsd-hackers, there are a bunch of us with 3com cards
who would be glad to test it!

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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