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Date:      Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:08:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com>
To:        <knu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ports/20624: vmware vmmon module locks kernel
Message-ID:  <14791.33111.87575.9387@onceler.kciLink.com>
In-Reply-To: <200009160902.CAA78123@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200009160902.CAA78123@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>>>>> "k" == knu  <knu@FreeBSD.org> writes:

k> Synopsis: vmware vmmon module locks kernel
k> State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
k> State-Changed-By: knu
k> State-Changed-When: Sat Sep 16 17:56:24 JST 2000
k> State-Changed-Why: 
k> A similar patch was added. (set the second argument of ether_ifattach()
k> to ETHER_BPF_SUPPORTED, instead of 0 (ETHER_BPF_UNSUPPORTED))

k> Please check it out.  Thanks for the report!


Before I check it out, does this fix avoid hanging the kernel as soon
as the module is loaded?  Last I tried on 4.1-STABLE it locked so
tight that the keyboard didn't even respond to caps lock.

Thanks.

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