Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:22:55 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: em(4) patch for test Message-ID: <20051021052255.GV59364@cell.sick.ru> In-Reply-To: <20051020140200.GL59364@cell.sick.ru> References: <20051020140200.GL59364@cell.sick.ru>
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On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 06:02:00PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: T> Colleagues, T> T> since the if_em problem was taken as a late showstopper for 6.0-RELEASE, T> I am asking you to help with testing of the fixes made in HEAD. T> T> Does your em(4) interface wedge for some time? T> Do you see a lot of errors in 'netstat -i' output? Does these errors T> increase not monotonously but they have peaks? T> T> If the answer is yes, then the attached patch is likely to fix your problem. T> If the answer is no, then you are still encouraged to help with testing T> and install the patch to check that no regressions are introduced. If you T> skip this, then you may encounter regressions after release, so you have T> been warned. T> T> So, in short: please test! Thanks in advance! T> T> The patch is against fresh RELENG_6. Christian has prepared a patch for RELENG_5: http://people.freebsd.org/~csjp/if_em.c.1129840898.diff This is the most important bit in all changes to em. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE
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