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Date:      Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:32:40 +0200
From:      Marcus Frings <iam-est-hora-surgere@despammed.com>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nve(4) timeout fix
Message-ID:  <vita-brevis-breviter-in-brevi-finietur-mors-venit-velociter-quae-neminem-veretur-868xppk0tz.fsf@shodan.gothgoose.net>
References:  <20060427120035.D7FA016A43B@hub.freebsd.org> <4450D0E8.4000403@uchicago.edu>

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* Nathan Whitehorn <nathanw@uchicago.edu> wrote:

> Also on the subject of nVidia NICs, I've fixed the device timeout
> problem on nve(4). It appears that some revisions of the hardware don't
> send interrupts on tx completion, which caused watchdog timeouts under
> low load. We should take this hardware quirk into account for the nfe
> port as well.

I also applied this patch to my FreeBSD 6.1RC (Asus A8N-E) for testing
and it works perfectly. By now I don't have any timeouts anymore!

Will it be added to the official release of 6.1 or CURRENT?

Regards,
Marcus
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