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Date:      Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:21:54 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Michael Vince <mv@thebeastie.org>
Cc:        Atanas <atanas@asd.aplus.net>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd@hub.org
Subject:   Re: em device hangs on ifconfig alias ...
Message-ID:  <20060629092154.GE742@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <44A3817F.4030105@thebeastie.org>
References:  <20060628185426.M43909@ganymede.hub.org> <20060628225239.GA93265@dan.emsphone.com> <44A3394C.4090209@asd.aplus.net> <44A3817F.4030105@thebeastie.org>

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On Thu, 2006-Jun-29 17:30:07 +1000, Michael Vince wrote:
>For me its IP alias additions take 1 or maybe 2secs, but it is=20
>noticeable, but really isn't an issue for me.

But it obviously is for Atanas, who has 100's of aliases.

>As far as I have noticed the em driver in 6.1 after being rebuilt is at=20
>its peak of driver quality,
=2E..
>now I can get up to 850mbits on some and on the lowest side 500mbits/sec=
=20
>on others which I suspect is due to cable quality etc.

In other words, the shortcomings of the em device/driver aren't an
issue for you.  Other people have different requirements and the em(4)
is currently unsuitable for them.

--=20
Peter Jeremy

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