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Date:      Wed, 07 Jun 2000 16:40:33 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: if_dc in v4.0 - Forcing store and forward? 
Message-ID:  <200006072340.QAA01962@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Jun 2000 16:44:57 EDT." <200006072045.QAA21613@etinc.com> 

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> Running a Dlink quad card (570TX) in 100Mb/s full dup mode the driver
> complains about underruns for awhile and then ultimately sets
> store_and_forward which seems to make it work. 
> 
> Is there a way to force this easily? It seems that it should certainly be
> the default if  full dup 100 mode is detected as the other settings fail
> quite easily on rather trivial activities.
> 
> should this card be used with the if_dc or if_de driver? Both seem to probe
> it successfully, although both drivers have the same (annoying) underrun
> problem (that wasnt a problem or at least not screen-verbalized in 3.4).

Transmit underrun is usually caused by another peripheral hogging the PCI 
bus; either a poorly configured card with an excessive latency value, or 
a misconfigured card (due to BIOS bugs), or a card that otherwise ignores 
the PCI latency rules, or a system with too many busy busmaster cards.

> Dennis
> Emerging Technologies, Inc.
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