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Cc: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu, current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: rl(4) is not ready for mpsafenet net enough? (silent reboots)
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Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I can't speak to the specifics of the driver, as I neither use it nor
> have any if_rl hardware.  However, you should know that because
> debug.mpsafenet=3D0 also changes quite a bit of timing, not just lock
> coverage, it's not necessarily a locking problem.  Out of curiousity,
> if you take "options PREEMPTION" out, but leave debug.mpsafenet=3D1, do
> things change?

I have a box with rl hardware and mpsafenet enabled.  No problems so
far, but it's not under heavy load.

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