Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:16:12 +0200 From: Florian Smeets <flo@kasimir.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tx(4) MPSAFE patch Message-ID: <484E627C.6090909@kasimir.com> In-Reply-To: <200806041100.20911.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200805302339.33935.jhb@freebsd.org> <200806031041.08315.jhb@freebsd.org> <4845B8F7.7060600@kasimir.com> <200806041100.20911.jhb@freebsd.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday 03 June 2008 05:34:47 pm Florian Smeets wrote: >> John Baldwin wrote: >>> On Monday 02 June 2008 07:10:11 pm Florian Smeets wrote: >>>> Florian Smeets wrote: >>>>> John Baldwin wrote: >>>>>> On Monday 02 June 2008 05:09:57 pm Florian Smeets wrote: >>>>>>> John Baldwin wrote: >>>>>>>> I have a patch to make tx(4) MPSAFE. I do not have the hardware to >>>>>>>> test >>>>>> this >>>>>>>> however. Unlike many of the previous patches, though, this driver >>>>>>>> appears >>>>>> to >>>>>>>> be for hardware that is not entirely ancient, so there is hopefully a >>>>>> decent >>>>>>>> chance someone can test this. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/tx.patch >>>>>>>> >>> Ok, I've updated the patch again (same URL) which should fix the witness >>> warnings. I also botched the watchdog timer in the previous patch and > that >>> should be fixed now, too. >>> >> Hi John, >> >> still no go. Another mutex not owned panic. I'll be away until Tuesday, >> I'll be happy to test further patches than. > > Ok, I've updated the patch again as that assertion isn't needed (there isn't a > need for locking during prior to ether_ifattach() and bus_setup_intr()). > Hi John, it works as expected now tx0: <SMC EtherPower II 10/100> port 0xc400-0xc4ff mem 0xe7000000-0xe7000fff irq 18 at device 11.0 on pci0 miibus0: <MII bus> on tx0 acphy0: <AC101 10/100 media interface> PHY 3 on miibus0 acphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto type SMC9432TX_2 tx0: Ethernet address: 00:e0:29:6c:2e:47 tx0: [ITHREAD] I tried to push some traffic through the interface and no strange symptoms yet. So i guess the patch is O.K. now. Cheers, Florian
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