Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 19:29:46 +0400 From: Andrey Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: marcolz@stack.nl, wpaul@windriver.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rl(4) is not ready for mpsafenet net enough? (silent reboots) Message-ID: <20050721152946.GA11578@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20050721.091844.10574798.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20050721134816.GA8550@nagual.pp.ru> <20050721142445.GA77847@stack.nl> <20050721143443.GB10010@nagual.pp.ru> <20050721.091844.10574798.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 09:18:44AM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: > *DRIVER* concept, not a hardware one in this context). The problem > with REV C and earlier is that their performance sucks because the DMA > engine used in the cards was LAME. Realtec fixed this in newer > revisions of the chip, and the re driver is able to take advantage of > that (as well as support the newer gige chips). The problem is that it is on-board embedded chip I try to use. Looks like I need to buy some external card like "Intel PRO/100+ PCI" and turn this one off... The question remains: why rl(4) driver pretend to be mpsafenet itself? Other drivers with problems, like de(4), are GIANT-locked by default. -- http://ache.pp.ru/
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