Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:04:05 +0800 From: "Jiawei Ye" <leafy7382@gmail.com> To: "Bill Blue" <bblue@netoldies.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Polling and em0 Message-ID: <c21e92e20609162004x54b01c6amda749c577c1f569d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <op.tfzin5x2zq5pz4@sovaio.netoldies.com> References: <op.tfzin5x2zq5pz4@sovaio.netoldies.com>
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On 9/17/06, Bill Blue <bblue@netoldies.com> wrote: > polling(4) says that supported devices include em(4) and that polling support is turned on and off with ifconfig's 'polling' option. But ifconfig doesn't seem to recognize that option either as a standalone request or with the initial em0 setup at boot. > > This is after a source cvsup (releng=6 for the frozen for 6.2 sources) yesterday and buildworld + buildkernel. em support is compiled in the kernel rather than loaded. Mobo is a Supermicro P4SCT-0 with Intel 875 chipset. > > Is this a known issue that I haven't found references to, or perhaps something related to my specific configuration? You need polling support in the kernel, you can look at NOTES for POLLING option. Cheers, Jiawei Ye -- "If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then to the end user it's a duck, and end users have made it pretty clear they want a duck; whether the duck drinks hot chocolate or coffee is irrelevant."
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