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Date:      Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:17:18 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CALL FOR TESTERS! [Re: 6.2 SHOWSTOPPER - em completely unusable on 6.2]
Message-ID:  <20061004131718.ae7074e0.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.0.20061004131048.14a88a40@sentex.net>
References:  <451A1375.5080202@gneto.com> <20060927071538.GF22229@e-Gitt.NET> <451A4189.5020906@samsco.org> <20060927152824.GJ22229@e-Gitt.NET> <20060927155553.GB14563@icarus.home.lan> <20060927155904.GM22229@e-Gitt.NET> <451AA7B1.5080202@samsco.org> <20060927191402.GB932@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20060927210349.GG14975@tnn.dglawrence.com> <451AEB02.2090806@samsco.org> <002201c6e290$45ece980$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <451BD89F.8080203@samsco.org> <451C1F6D.2020302@mail.uni-mainz.de> <7.0.1.0.0.20060928152807.17bbe448@sentex.net> <451C271A.9040904@samsco.org> <20061004104025.f12e5e77.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20061004122743.c9fea07c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <7.0.1.0.0.20061004131048.14a88a40@sentex.net>

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In response to Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>:

> At 12:27 PM 10/4/2006, Bill Moran wrote:
> >In response to Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>:
> >
> > > In my case, it's a bce driver that's doing it.  I also have some em
> > > cards in this machine that I can test if the information will be
> > > helpful.
> >
> >Note that I can _not_ reproduce the problem with an em interface (a
> >PCI NIC).  As mentioned earlier, I can reliably and easily produce
> 
> Hi, Just to clarify, you mean without the patch you do run into the 
> problem, but with the patch you cannot generate the problem ? Or with 
> the em NIC, you have never seen the issue at all ?

Without patch:
* bce locks up easily
* Unable to lock up em
* keyboard works
With patch:
* bce locks up easily
* unable to lock up em
* keyboard doesn't work

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.

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