From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri May 28 11:19:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from etinc.com (et-gw.etinc.com [207.252.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD2014DC5 for ; Fri, 28 May 1999 11:19:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dennis@etinc.com) Received: from dbsys (dbsys.etinc.com [207.252.1.18]) by etinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA08540; Fri, 28 May 1999 14:19:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199905281819.OAA08540@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0 Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 13:15:41 -0400 To: Mike Smith From: Dennis Subject: Re: xl driver for 3Com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199905281629.JAA00857@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 09:29 AM 5/28/99 -0700, you wrote: >> At 02:58 PM 5/28/99 +0200, you wrote: >> >Hi there hackers. >> >I need to hack the driver file if_xl.c to do the following : >> >-> Detect the first 3Com card normally. >> >-> All cards hereafter must only be able to receive packets, not >> >transmit them. >> >Does anybody know how i can achieve this by changes in the file if_xl.c >> > >> >Even if you could point me to a specific subroutine it would be >> >appreciated. >> >Thanyou in advance >> >> Note that this card/driver seems to have serious problems under heavy load. >> Just so you know. > >It does? Have you spoken to Bill Paul about it? I dunno what it is, but we've had customers experiencing packet loss at high usage on 100Mb's nets...and the problem goes away when replacing them with intels. I dont know the details. Dennis > >-- >\\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith >\\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org >\\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message