From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 1 12:32:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACD3A16A4CE for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:32:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from jolly.drunkmonk.net (jolly.drunkmonk.net [63.251.191.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 768C943D2D for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2004 12:32:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from verm@jolly.drunkmonk.net) Received: from jolly.drunkmonk.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jolly.drunkmonk.net (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i21KWPnX078148 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:32:25 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from verm@jolly.drunkmonk.net) Received: (from verm@localhost) by jolly.drunkmonk.net (8.12.9/8.12.1/Submit) id i21KWPSH078147 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:32:25 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:32:25 -0700 From: Amar Takhar To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040301203225.GA78067@drunkmonk.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <200403011205.24779.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200403011205.24779.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Subject: Re: if_bfe hangs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 20:32:26 -0000 On 2004-03-01 12:05 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > Hi, > I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 which has the Broadcom BCM4401 ethernet controller > in it, so I am using if_bfe. Mostly it seems to work, but just recently I > visted a friend who had a 10Mbit hub and I could reliably get my entire > system to wedge if I did even a small amount of network activity.. > > Has anyone had a similar experience? I have a 10Mbit hub at work so I might > see if it's repeatable, but it's a solid hang (can't break into debugger) so > it might be difficult to debug :( Yeah, i've had this problem as well, as have many others, you can use Bill's NDISulator (aka Project Evil), i've used this on a 100mbit network perfectly, no hangs at all. (going at top speed, too) Amar.