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Subject: Re: ports/20624: vmware vmmon module locks kernel
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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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