From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 00:19:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4530F16A4CE; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:19:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.village.org [168.103.84.182]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE12F43D1F; Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:19:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by harmony.village.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0O0Hqj7079127; Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:17:52 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:17:52 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20050123.171752.74671507.imp@harmony.village.org> To: se@freebsd.org From: Warner Losh In-Reply-To: <20050123232738.GA78226@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050123135753.14384@mail.net-virtual.com> <20050123232738.GA78226@StefanEsser.FreeBSD.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: mailinglists@net-virtual.com Subject: Re: NIC card problems.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:19:11 -0000 > The TX threshold messages issued by the dc driver appear more as an > indication that the PCI bus is under severe load, than as a hint that > the dc driver is causing the reboots, IMHO. I've also seen them when the card is a CardBus card, which may indicate some slightly pessimal performance parameters are set at the pci cardbus bridge... Warner