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Date:      Wed, 30 May 2012 22:26:04 +0000
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Eugene Grosbein <egrosbein@rdtc.ru>
Cc:        Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: if_em and large mtu bug?
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In-Reply-To: <4FC6062A.3010002@rdtc.ru>
References:  <4FC5FA0B.5010609@cran.org.uk> <4FC6062A.3010002@rdtc.ru>

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On 30. May 2012, at 11:36 , Eugene Grosbein wrote:

> 30.05.2012 17:44, Bruce Cran =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82:
>> Are there any known problems with if_em and jumbo packets? I've found=20=

>> that my ssh connection breaks (when running dmesg etc.) if I =
configure=20
>> the mtu to 9216 via rc.conf - but if I initially use a 1500 byte mtu =
and=20
>> then manually configure it to 9216 then no problems occur.
>>=20

That is due to another known bug;
if you check netstat -rn and the mtu there on your routes you'll figure.
if you remove your addresses/routes and re-add them after changing the =
mtu,
you'll see it as well.


>> I'm running the latest -current: the hardware is:
>>=20
>> em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.3.2> port 0xdc00-0xdc1f =
mem=20
>> 0xfbde0000-0xfbdfffff,0xfbd00000-0xfbd7ffff,0xfbddc000-0xfbddffff irq =
16=20
>> at device 0.0 on pci1
>> em0: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
>=20
> I confirm this with FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE/amd64,
> em(4) 7.3.2, Intel PRO/1000 EB.
>=20
> There is a workaround, though: ifconfig em0 -rxcsum -txcsum mtu 9000
> work from the beginning.
>=20
> Eugene Grosbein
>=20
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