From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 26 18:29:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E6C37B401 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:29:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (bbcr.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.34.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5193A43F85 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 18:29:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mkarsten@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca) Received: from bcr2.uwaterloo.ca (bcr2.uwaterloo.ca [129.97.34.12]) by bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (8.11.6p2/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h6R1TV803999 for ; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:29:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Martin Karsten Received: (from mkarsten@localhost) by bcr2.uwaterloo.ca (8.9.3p2/8.9.3) id VAA12974 for freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:29:31 -0400 Message-Id: <200307270129.VAA12974@bcr2.uwaterloo.ca> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 21:29:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: problems with D-Link DFE-580 NIC (ste driver) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: kalli@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 01:29:36 -0000 I am using FreeBSD4.8-RELEASE with a D-Link DFE-580 4-port FastEthernet NIC (ste driver). I seem to have problems with packet losses despite the system is far from being fully loaded. I have found the following comment in the CVS repository of if_ste.c (Revision 1.33): "This card still has seemingly unfixable issues under heavy RX load in which the card takes over the PCI bus." Are there any news about this? If there are indeed unfixable issues, can anyone recommend an alternative 4-port card that is currently available? Many thanks, Martin