From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jul 26 18:35:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15196 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 18:35:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (castles319.castles.com [208.214.167.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15172 for ; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 18:35:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@antipodes.cdrom.com) Received: from antipodes.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by antipodes.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA13259; Sun, 26 Jul 1998 18:33:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199807270133.SAA13259@antipodes.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: HAMADA Naoki cc: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com, sbabkin@dcn.att.com, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NIC drivers In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Jul 1998 15:47:29 +0900." <199807150647.PAA25283@stone.astec.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 18:33:47 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com writes: > >Believe me, it still sucks. Search the archives (both the mailing list > >archives and the PR database) for "no buffer space", and/or "ep0". > >Basically, the driver is fine for telnet and mail, but wedges under > >sustained load. I can get it to hang without ever going above 20 kBps > >(160 kbps). Gimme an Intel EtherExpress. > > I carefully looked through the source code to find a bug which results > mbuf leaks. Could you try this patch? Have you guys gone any further on this one? Is the patch OK, or broken? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message