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Date:      Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:50:32 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
Cc:        Jim Skon <Jim.Skon@mvnu.edu>
Subject:   Re: Problems with dropped callouts
Message-ID:  <200608221450.32537.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <44EAE420020000FC00000D5A@nzrnet.mvnu.edu>
References:  <44EAE420020000FC00000D5A@nzrnet.mvnu.edu>

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On Tuesday 22 August 2006 11:01, Jim Skon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have been developing a modification to the 802.11 driver to support a
> version of PCF (polling mode).  The AP part of this solution depends on
> several active callouts to time the operation of the protocol.  The
> problem I am having is that after several hours of stress testing
> (pushing the system at maximum bandwidth), the system appears to start
> losing set callouts.  The callouts are still active, and past due, but
> are never called.
> 
> I have already done similar implementations in the netbsd and linux
> environments, and have never had such a problem.
> 
> Note that I am setting callouts (only 3) at a rate in the 100's per
> second, so a lot is going on.
> 
> Has anyone ever had such a problem?

I'm not aware of anyone else having this problem (yet).  If you generate a 
core dump, can you see the callouts on the calloutwheels?

-- 
John Baldwin



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