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Date:      Sat, 9 Oct 2004 00:58:08 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Calling m_pullup in ether_input
Message-ID:  <20041008205808.GB2947@cell.sick.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20041008205117.GA7818@gothmog.gr>
References:  <20041008151515.GA3136@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20041008203434.GA2770@cell.sick.ru> <20041008205117.GA7818@gothmog.gr>

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On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 11:51:17PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
G> Not really.  Just trying to see if there _was_ any packet loss first.
G> After running for several hours, the counters are still zero.  I think
G> this means the case of dropped packets would be so rare that there's no
G> real reason to worry too much about lost packets.

<skip>

G> I'll keep this change in my workstation for a week or so.  No signs of
G> dropped packets yet, though.

It'll be interesting to run this patch on different Ethernet hardware.
On the other thought, if we have a driver that loses packets we probably
should already have a PR filed :)

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.
GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE



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