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Subject: Re: xl(4) & polling
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On Wednesday 13 April 2005 06:26, Rob wrote:
> --- Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 09:16:44PM -0700, Rob
>
> wrote:
> >>>> Will it also go into RELENG_5, after the 5.4
> >>>> release?
> >>
> >> Yes, probably.  After I hear more reports of
> >> success.
> >> The HEAD sources can be used on RELENG_5 to test
> >> the functionality.
>
> While you're at it:
>
> Since applying your patch I have been watching
> carefully the network traffic over my xl LAN cards.
>
> So far so good; however, I noticed today following
> lines in my dmesg.today file:
>
>   xl1: transmission error: 90
>   xl1: tx underrun, increasing tx start threshold
>        to 120 bytes

FWIW, I see these on my firewall box with a pair of xl cards, even without the 
polling patch. They've been showing up on and off since about 5.3-RELEASE, 
and usually only during the first day after a reboot.

A.