Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2014 01:22:07 -0700 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ermal_Lu=E7i?= <eri@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Bug 193053] ixgbe(4) IXGBE_LEGACY_TX + ALTQ path broken Message-ID: <CAFOYbc=UYJAb9QRqCcMw9%2BtNXDq-iNV9dhdRn1t0ZNTCp%2BrSqQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPBZQG3y2S6JDLBRy03D=aFYvFuSpMMtaR5rNcsm5t3AkKX4Rg@mail.gmail.com> References: <bug-193053-2472@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <bug-193053-2472-36AsrIFalH@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> <CAPBZQG3y2S6JDLBRy03D=aFYvFuSpMMtaR5rNcsm5t3AkKX4Rg@mail.gmail.com>
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LEGACY is not there just because of ALTQ, but rather because there have been significant customers of Intel that use the driver in OS versions older than 8 that do not have the required interface. Jack... going back to my sabbatical now :) On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:22 AM, Ermal Lu=E7i <eri@freebsd.org> wrote: > In pfSense the driver has been modified to compile a hybrid mode. > Meaning have activated both LEGACY and new transmit queue model. > > It works correctly and avoids the problems of recompiling with ALTQ. > It also solves the problem on having performance impacts when ALTQ is no= t > in use. > > There are even some drivers in the tree that do this by default already. > > From my analysis there should not be an LEGACY define but just mask all o= f > this behind ALTQ definition if needed. > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:28 PM, <bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D193053 > > > > --- Comment #9 from ncrogers@gmail.com --- > > Any chance we can get some kind of resolution on this before 10.1? It > seems > > like simply upgrading the ixgbe driver with the latest from Intel fixes > the > > problem. If that is not possible, the changes in the patch I posted are > > still > > working for me in production > > > > -- > > You are receiving this mail because: > > You are the assignee for the bug. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > -- > Ermal > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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