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Date:      Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:38:33 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Subject:   Re: Expensive MII code (was Re: "Expensive timeout(9) function...")
Message-ID:  <20030413203755.H93049@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <16025.62605.808335.650450@canoe.velocet.net>
References:  <20030401123319.GA8399@comp.chem.msu.su> <32984.1049200665@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030401095201.O1612@odysseus.silby.com> <16025.62605.808335.650450@canoe.velocet.net>

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On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, David Gilbert wrote:

> Mike> Well, actually, I figured out a way to make them much faster,
> Mike> but it's been a few months since I looked at that patch, I guess
> Mike> I should pull it back up and post it somewhere...
>
> Expensive, certainly.  The em driver locks up the whole machine for
> several seconds when ifconfig'ing cards.
>
> Dave.

Well, that's an extreme case.  It can probably be cut down considerably if
you take a hard look at it.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack.



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