Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:27:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_de problem w/out Giant (was: Re: Weird network traffic issue with FreeBSD-5.3-Beta 5) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040925132657.79682A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1040925130342.79220B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004, Robert Watson wrote: > On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > > > I'm using a de0 interface (100TX) -- if I try to cvsup, it is dead slow > > -- however, if I put the interface into promiscuous mode, in another > > screen, it starts working fast. > > > > I don't understand what could be wrong. I've hit a bug? > > There appears to be a problem with if_de when running Giant-free. Until > it is fixed, you can set debug.mpsafenet=1 in /boot/loader.conf. While > this will make some other elements of the stack run slower, the net > improvement if de0 is your interface of interest will more than make up > for it. I have found an if_de card and once I return to Washington, DC > tomorrow, I'll sit down and figure it out. Sorry, the boave should read: Until it is fixed, you can set debug.mpsafenet=0 in /boot/loader.conf. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects robert@fledge.watson.org Principal Research Scientist, McAfee Research
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