From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 10 13:45:03 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02FEE16A4CE for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:45:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailtest.sd73.bc.ca (smtp.sd73.bc.ca [142.24.13.149]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5B8843D53 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:45:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailtest.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A54E2F1EDD; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:45:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailtest.sd73.bc.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailtest.sd73.bc.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 30702-01-58; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:45:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailtest.sd73.bc.ca (Postfix, from userid 80) id D0491F1EAD; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:45:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from 24.71.128.63 (SquirrelMail authenticated user fcash); by mailtest.sd73.bc.ca with HTTP; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:45:01 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <63693.24.71.128.63.1108043101.squirrel@24.71.128.63> In-Reply-To: References: <63088.24.71.128.63.1108041953.squirrel@24.71.128.63> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 05:45:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Freddie Cash" To: "Martin Minkus" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at sd73.bc.ca cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-Stable network issue X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:45:03 -0000 > Yeah, I've thought about it. But I got no non realtek cards on me, so > I'd have to buy them. And there's always a chance this has nothing > to do with network cards or the driver (after all, it has worked > flawlessly for me since the FreeBSD 3.x days). > I am wondering if it is related to my motherboard, or something else? > I have a Epox dual cpu board... K something, I'd have to dig it up. > Perhaps there is some issue with that, causing the kernel to do funny > things? > What will enabling polling support do? Unfortuntealy, nothing for you, as it doesn't work with SMP setups (or, at least, not yet). :) For UP setups, it helps with managing interrupts and smoothing the load on the system when lots of packets are going through (or something along those lines - check the comments in /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES and /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES for more info on the option). If you could drop the number of RealTek NICs down to one, that should help a lot. I'm running a FreeBSD 5.3 firewall using an onboard RealTek NIC and a D-Link or NetGear NIC (dc(4) driver) and it works much nicer than the 2 rl(4) setup that was in there originally. Every now and then, though, I still have to get a tech to reset the NIC (it's slated for replacement, just haven't got around to it yet). -- Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP Helpdesk / Network Support Tech. School District 73 (250) 377-HELP [377-4357] fcash-ml@sd73.bc.ca