From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 19 21:09:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A0C716A407; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:09:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA5F743D77; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:09:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.62) with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1Gltv1-0004oh-8S>; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:09:39 +0100 Received: from e178011201.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.11.201] helo=[192.168.1.128]) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.62) with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1Gltv1-0002rH-5U>; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:09:39 +0100 Message-ID: <4560C80E.7020402@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 22:09:34 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061110) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway References: <4560657A.9000002@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20061119161749.GB31926@rambler-co.ru> <4560A1A5.4050500@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <20061119201341.GA1381@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20061119201341.GA1381@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 85.178.11.201 Cc: Ruslan Ermilov , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nfe: can not cvs sources anymore! X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:09:47 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 07:25:41PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 03:08:58PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello. >>>> Using these two sources for getting nfe() driver support for my FreeBSD >>>> 6.2-BETA/AMD64 box was pretty convenient in the past weeks due to my big >>>> interrupt problems using the nve() driver. >>>> But with yesterday, I can't get the sources anymore. nfe() isn't yet a >>>> part of the 6.2 BETA, that's what I looked first for, so can anybody >>>> help me out? Is nfe() a part of 6.2-REL in the near future or are there >>>> other reasons stop spreading the sources via that cvs source? >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help in advance, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Did you try the version at >>> http://www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~shigeaki/software/freebsd-nfe.html >>> ? I use it and except for some peer-to-peer gigabit problems I >>> didn't notice any other bad signs. It's far more stable that >>> what we have now in the CVS tree. >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >> Thank you for the link. >> No, I did not try this link since I thought the CVS tree's version was >> the stabelst version we have. I find it convenient by pushing it via net >> using cvs just after I upgraded my CVS tree of the sources for the >> operating system. I will keep this link in mind. >> Is there a date we can this driver expect in FreeBSD 6.2? Or is the >> driver more subject to be merged in 6.2-STABLE and for 6.3? nve() isn't >> suitable, neither with SCHED_ULE (which I use now again) and with >> SCHED_4BSD, because on my hardware platform the interrupt generation is >> much higher than that of the nfe() driver - and due to this massive >> interrupts useless for me. >> > > Please remember to turn off SCHED_ULE before submitting any and all > future bug reports, thanks :-) > > Kris > Well, yes, I do this, and as I wrote above, the problem ist even worse with SCHED_4BSD. And SCHED_ULE is now my defaukt, beacause FreeBSD 6.2-PRE/AMD64 ADN i386 is as freezing for short periods of times as never seen before ... Regards, Oliver