Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 22:19:05 -0000 From: "Duncan Barclay" <dmlb@dmlb.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: if_bfe hangs? Message-ID: <020501c3ffdb$355a31d0$43c8a8c0@orac> References: <200403011205.24779.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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> Hi,
> I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 which has the Broadcom BCM4401 ethernet
controller
> in it, so I am using if_bfe. Mostly it seems to work, but just recently I
> visted a friend who had a 10Mbit hub and I could reliably get my entire
> system to wedge if I did even a small amount of network activity..
>
> Has anyone had a similar experience? I have a 10Mbit hub at work so I
might
> see if it's repeatable, but it's a solid hang (can't break into debugger)
so
> it might be difficult to debug :(
A couple of people have mentioned this, but I haven't seen it.
If you have the time/inclination it might be worth while trying
http://people.freebsd.org/~dmlb/bcm-0308252140.tar.gz
on current. This code is what I was working on before bcm merged with
Stuart's work to form bfe (and hence may not compile straight off).
The reason I suggest trying it, is that I developed it on a 10Mbit hub and
didn't have any severe hangs with it. If it works we may be able to track
down the reason why if_bfe fails.
Duncan
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