Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 00:15:18 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Calling m_pullup in ether_input Message-ID: <20041008211518.GA22965@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20041008205808.GB2947@cell.sick.ru> References: <20041008151515.GA3136@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20041008203434.GA2770@cell.sick.ru> <20041008205117.GA7818@gothmog.gr> <20041008205808.GB2947@cell.sick.ru>
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On 2004-10-09 00:58, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 11:51:17PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > G> Not really. Just trying to see if there _was_ any packet loss first. > G> After running for several hours, the counters are still zero. I think > G> this means the case of dropped packets would be so rare that there's no > G> real reason to worry too much about lost packets. > <skip> > G> I'll keep this change in my workstation for a week or so. No signs of > G> dropped packets yet, though. > > It'll be interesting to run this patch on different Ethernet hardware. > On the other thought, if we have a driver that loses packets we probably > should already have a PR filed :) I only have a sis0 and sk0 interface on my workstation. Right now, I'm transferring an ISO image back and forth in an endless between this workstation and a SunFire V210 on the same LAN, to see if any drops are caught with sis0 running in polling mode. Non-polling mode is next and then I can try sk0 during the weekend.
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