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Date:      Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:38:49 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fxp if_fxp.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050131223832.35704P-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <200501311442.23648.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, John Baldwin wrote:

> On Saturday 29 January 2005 06:13 pm, Robert Watson wrote:
> > rwatson     2005-01-29 23:13:20 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/dev/fxp          if_fxp.c
> >   Log:
> >   Disable ethernet flow control in if_fxp by default, in order to prevent
> >   unexpected surprises when a system panics or is left in the debugger.
> 
> Is this the bit that would cause the interface to start spewing pause
> packets onto the network after a panic resulting in the whole network
> being useless until the box is powered off? 

Yup, that's the one.  It's a feature :-).

Robert N M Watson




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