Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:53:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Darren Pilgrim <dmp@bitfreak.org> Subject: Re: em interrupt storm Message-ID: <200512011953.jB1Jr0Vb015357@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <20051201194849.GA4031@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway writes: | 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 the | > > > problem exist in RELENG_4? | > > | > > Yes, on the same machine I first mentioned. | > | > 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. Could you try without SMP? I wonder if the BIOS sets things up okay in UP mode. I saw strangeness on our PE2850's in SMP mode that didn't happen in UP mode. This is with 4.X. Thanks, Doug A.help
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