Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 17:16:51 -0400 From: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: protagonist@gmx.net, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nve(4) timeout fix Message-ID: <44528643.4050103@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <200604281646.46451.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20060427120035.D7FA016A43B@hub.freebsd.org> <4450D0E8.4000403@uchicago.edu> <vita-brevis-breviter-in-brevi-finietur-mors-venit-velociter-quae-neminem-veretur-868xppk0tz.fsf@shodan.gothgoose.net> <200604281646.46451.jhb@freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > On Friday 28 April 2006 14:32, Marcus Frings wrote: > >> * 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? >> > > It's in current but is probably too late for 6.1. > > Why is it too late? If it fixes a known stability problem, then why cant it be commited? If no commits are allowed during the -RC phase, then what is 6.1-RELEASE waiting for?
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