Re: network slowness/freez-up since update 10/11

From: Bruce M Simpson <bms_at_spc.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:23:18 -0700
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:27:22PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
> There appears to bea problem with if_de cards and Giant-free operation.
> I'm working with John Baldwin to try and diagnose it.  Could you try
> putting debug.mpsafenet=0 in /boot/loader.conf and reboot to confirm that
> this is what's going on?

The de(4) driver is a bit of a mess as regards locking.
I had a look at this back in June/July but no longer have the hardware.
It would probably be best to bring it under IFF_NEEDSGIANT.

BMS
Received on Wed Oct 13 2004 - 21:23:26 UTC

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