Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 00:55:26 +0000 (UTC) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r192411 - stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata Message-ID: <200905200055.n4K0tQBK014328@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: hrs Date: Wed May 20 00:55:26 2009 New Revision: 192411 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/192411 Log: Document fxp(4) TSO issue on 7.2R. Submitted by: delphij Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Modified: stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml ============================================================================== --- stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Tue May 19 22:28:33 2009 (r192410) +++ stable/7/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.sgml Wed May 20 00:55:26 2009 (r192411) @@ -183,6 +183,15 @@ Errata Notice to fix this problem is planned after the release.</para> + <para>[20090507] A bug was found in the &man.fxp.4; driver. This + would cause poor TCP performance when TSO is enabled, and the + receiver has a smaller MSS than the interface MTU setting. To + workaround this issue, one can disable TSO by using + &man.ifconfig.8; <option>-tso</option> parameter (per interface + basis) or setting <varname>net.inet.tcp.tso</varname> to + <literal>0</literal> (globally on the system). An Errata Notice + to fix this problem is planned after the release.</para> + <sect1 id="late-news"> <title>Late-Breaking News and Corrections</title> @@ -190,5 +199,10 @@ &man.malloc.3; implementation and threading library has been committed to the <literal>RELENG_7</literal> branch for public testing.</para> + + <para>[20090507] A patch to solve the bug in the &man.fxp.4; + driver that caused poor TCP performance has been committed to + the <literal>RELENG_7</literal> branch for public + testing.</para> </sect1> </article>
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