From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 27 17:19:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA13431 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:19:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA13424 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:19:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA00819; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 19:18:37 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 19:18:37 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Mike Smith cc: Scot Elliott , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 for NFS server In-Reply-To: <199802270759.XAA26898@dingo.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Mike Smith wrote: > > > I have a 905 too, but I only use it in 10 Mbps mode. IIRC, it only has 4k > > > cache, split between transmit and recieve, so when there's heavy traffic, > > > it goes nuts and drags the system down with it. > > > Blame 3Com, not the OS. > > This is not fair. The current driver for these cards runs them in a > backwards-compatible mode that does not take advantage of their more > advanced features. This *is* an OS issue. The recent 3com supporter > indicated that he would be writing improved support, and that's > thoroughly wonderful. I'm certainly keen to see it happen. *cringe* OK, maybe I was a bit hasty. Let me clarify that a bit: The card is, in many ways, a bit crappy, IMO. It SHOULD not, however, take the OS down with it. And I suspect an updated driver would helps loads. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message