From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Feb 9 7: 8:28 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from www3.infolink.com.br (www3.infolink.com.br [200.255.108.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B336137B730 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 06:50:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from infolink.com.br (unverified [200.255.108.32]) by www3.infolink.com.br (Vircom SMTPRS 4.2.181) with SMTP id ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:50:30 -0200 From: "Antonio Carlos Pina" Reply-To: apina@infolink.com.br To: Daniel Mpolokoso Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 12:50:29 est Subject: Re: Dummynet + Bridging Message-id: <3a8403b5.47d.0@infolink.com.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, We're running Dummynet + ipfw + Bridge, kernel 4.2 Stable, with 3 fxp (intel nics), 1 ep (3com) and 1 xl (3com), and no panics. Out last dummynet is: $FreeBSD: src/sys/netinet/ip_dummynet.c,v 1.24.2.9 2001/01/26 19:57:06 luigi Exp $ >Hi, > >Our attempts to implement a bandwidth management system using Dummynet and >Bridge (for network transparency) ended in dramatic kernel panics on our >4.2-RELEASE, Intel 810E based system with Intel Etherexpress Pro 10/100 >NICs. No traces in the logs of what caused the crashes. > >Having trawled through the list, it appears that we are not the only ones >experiencing difficulty with the above network configuration. I wonder if >anyone is able to shed more light on what the main instability issues are >(if any) and how to address them. > >Thanks, > > >Daniel. >p/s I'm currently in the process of updating my sources to the latest >4.2-STABLE in readiness for 'make world'. >--------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >Daniel Mpolokoso - Managing Director, Email: daniel@zamnet.zm >ZAMNET Communication Systems Limited, Tel: +260-1-763065 / 224665 >P.O. Box 38299, Lusaka, Zambia. Fax: +260-1-228076 / 224775 > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message