From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 25 23: 9:15 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 618) id 5404337B401; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:09:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Checksum offload support for Intel 82550/82551 In-Reply-To: from Attila Nagy at "Feb 25, 2003 07:34:14 pm" To: bra@fsn.hu (Attila Nagy) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 23:09:13 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20030226070913.5404337B401@hub.freebsd.org> From: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 -- ============================================================================= -Bill Paul (510) 749-2329 | Senior Engineer, Master of Unix-Fu wpaul@windriver.com | Wind River Systems ============================================================================= "If stupidity were a handicap, you'd have the best parking spot." ============================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message