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

From: Andrey Chernov <ache_at_nagual.pp.ru>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 04:08:23 +0400
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:58:16PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 03:44:12AM +0400, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> > Even with its locking mess it works perfectly in -current until late 
> > August.
> 
> You mean, until rwatson changed the default to debug.mpsafenet=1? :-)
> 

Your guess is precisely right! :-)

(IMHO making such commit without testing major drivers such as if_de was 
wrong step)

> debug.mpsafenet=0 is the known workaround, already mentioned in this
> thread.  It hides the locking bugs by running the driver under Giant.

Thanx, I already figure that out. Now building new kernel...

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Andrey Chernov | http://ache.pp.ru/

Received on Wed Oct 13 2004 - 22:08:25 UTC

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