From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Dec  1 19:48:51 2005
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B35BE16A41F;
	Thu,  1 Dec 2005 19:48:51 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org)
Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2563C43D4C;
	Thu,  1 Dec 2005 19:48:51 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org)
Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196])
	by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D12C41A3C2D;
	Thu,  1 Dec 2005 11:48:50 -0800 (PST)
Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000)
	id 1C15A512D8; Thu,  1 Dec 2005 14:48:50 -0500 (EST)
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:48:49 -0500
From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com>
Message-ID: <20051201194849.GA4031@xor.obsecurity.org>
References: <200511281626.33591.jhb@freebsd.org>
	<200512011932.jB1JWAG1014195@ambrisko.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <200512011932.jB1JWAG1014195@ambrisko.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i
Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org,
	Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org>
Subject: Re: em interrupt storm
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
	<freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:48:51 -0000


--ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 11:32:10AM -0800, Doug Ambrisko wrote:
> On Thursday 24 November 2005 01:27 am, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 03:02:05PM -0800, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> > > Until this gets "fixed" in FreeBSD, what should those of us who are
> > > effectively stuck with this hardware do to avoid the problem?  Does t=
he
> > > problem exist in RELENG_4?
> >
> > Yes, on the same machine I first mentioned.
>=20
> Is this is SMP on or off?  I think it might be okay if SMP if off.

With SMP, I don't recall if I tried it without.  SMP is pretty useless
on 4.x (often hurts more than it helps), so this may be an acceptable
workaround for the OP.

Kris
--ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD)

iD8DBQFDj1OhWry0BWjoQKURAlcuAKC76sWt+IHlDjmrzrCORt3uqEgwKgCgp/4V
HRk1a0zTBbGZ8CJUUVLEU7c=
=rfth
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--ZGiS0Q5IWpPtfppv--