Re: [PATCH] nve(4) locking cleanup

On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, alan bryan wrote:

> --- John Baldwin <jhb_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> > I have a patch for nve(4) which fixes at least one
> > known LOR in the driver and
> > generally fixes up the locking.  If you have an
> > nve(4) card that currently
> > works, please test this patch to make sure it
> > doesn't break anything.  If you
> > have an nve(4) card that doesn't work, this patch
> > probably won't help.
>
> Is this supposed to solve the "device timeout (64)"
> messages?

No.


> My nve (builtin on Shuttle SN25P - FreeBSD 6.0 i386)
> works for a while but then eventually gives device
> timeout (64) messages.  They sort of count up in
> number until hitting 64 although it's sometimes jumps
> straight up to 64.  For example, 1,2,3,34,64 and then
> it stops working.  I've found that it's triggered a
> lot faster when I have Kmail running and goes straight
> to 64 when my internet access drops out.

so for you the interface is working initially? Could you please mail
me the relevant lines from dmesg and pciconf -lv to my address (no
need to Cc: the list).

Thanks.

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Bjoern A. Zeeb				bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT