Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 15:42:34 -0700 From: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> To: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nfe driver 6.2 stable Message-ID: <20070930224234.GA43927@lizzy.catnook.local> In-Reply-To: <20070930015343.GA15227@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <3aaaa3a0709240844j2603a050nd09bb5482a0f3c21@mail.gmail.com> <20070927065155.GE3692@cdnetworks.co.kr> <3aaaa3a0709271030k24892099ra3409ce6f5f7020f@mail.gmail.com> <20070928000656.GA7119@cdnetworks.co.kr> <3aaaa3a0709281105g1503fdbcu70910de6eae060a0@mail.gmail.com> <20070929012801.GA11457@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20070929022147.GA27590@lizzy.catnook.local> <20070929050240.GC11457@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20070929181618.GA30333@lizzy.catnook.local> <20070930015343.GA15227@cdnetworks.co.kr>
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On Sun, Sep 30, 2007 at 10:53:43AM +0900, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 11:16:18AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: [snip] > > Both pcm0 and nfe0 are mobo devices. Is there any way to change the assigned > > interrupts? > > > > It seems that your NIC doesn't have MSI/MSIX capability. Also the > NIC is LOM version so I guess there is no easy way to change the > interrupt number. ATM polling(4) seems to be the only way to reliably > run nfe(4) under shared interrupt situations. Of course, you may > encounter additional latency from the polling(4) but it normally > wouldn't affect desktop usage patterns. I have a plan that will add > an additional knob that have nfe(4) work more reliably under shared > interrupt environments. However that would happen after branching 7. Thanks for the additional information, Pyun. This is an Asus A8N-SLI Premium mobo. polling(4) works just fine for the way I use this system. Cheers, -- Jos Backus jos at catnook.com
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