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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