Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:09:13 -0800 (PST) From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) To: bra@fsn.hu (Attila Nagy) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Checksum offload support for Intel 82550/82551 Message-ID: <20030226070913.5404337B401@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.53.0302251927160.21061@scribble.fsn.hu> from Attila Nagy at "Feb 25, 2003 07:34:14 pm"
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> Hello,
>
> > Yes, it's me. I'm still alive.
> It's great to hear that one of the most talented FreeBSD hackers is back
> in business :)
>
> Does this means that you can afford some time to investigate the problems
> regarding your old software?
Not unless it's something I can fix using easily available resources.
I can't easily drop everything and slap together a test setup with
exactly the right software and hardware I need to debug everyone's
particular problem. ("This bug only occurs in -CURRENT as of 30
seconds ago and on an UltraSPARC 10 with 16 if_dc interfaces and
I need you to fix it _NOW_ pleasepleasepleaseI'llevengiveyouahandjob.")
> I mean ng_fec primarily, because I couldn't get help in the past few
> months/years(?)...
>
> You may know, or not it is now part of FreeBSD, the only problem is that
> it does not work.
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
> I filed a PR (kern/46720) about a month ago, but haven't gotten too much
> response back. On these lists I think there is a consensus (search the
> archives :) that the FEC implementation is a good thing.
This particular PR relates to using ng_fec with BPF (i.e. tcpdump fec0
blows up). The code has evidently rotted quite a bit since it was imported.
I just fixed it.
> Another problem, which I faced years ago that if you want to use .1q
> tagged packets on a FEC interface, it just does not works.
I don't know if this is still a problem or not. At the moment, I have
no easy way to test it.
> There are more verbose details on these lists too.
> Are there any chances to get these fixed?
Like I said, it depends on time and availability of resources.
-Bill
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