From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 5 16:32:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88B3216A41F for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 16:32:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from ebb.errno.com (ebb.errno.com [66.127.85.87]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31DAD43D46 for ; Mon, 5 Sep 2005 16:32:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Received: from [66.127.85.91] ([66.127.85.91]) (authenticated bits=0) by ebb.errno.com (8.12.9/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j85GWTBd007979 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:32:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sam@errno.com) Message-ID: <431C74BA.7050103@errno.com> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 09:39:22 -0700 From: Sam Leffler User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20050327) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stefan Ehmann References: <000701c5b1d4$387bd5b0$642a15ac@SMILEY> <1125911809.1211.5.camel@taxman.pepperland> In-Reply-To: <1125911809.1211.5.camel@taxman.pepperland> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=27Patrick_Lamaiz?=, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?i=E8re=27?= , Darren Pilgrim , 'Pascal Hofstee' , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [6.0 beta3] problem with cvsup and wifi (iwi) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2005 16:32:38 -0000 Stefan Ehmann wrote: > On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 21:42 -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > >>>From: Pascal Hofstee [mailto:caelian@gmail.com] >>> >>>On Sun, 2005-09-04 at 18:07 -0700, Darren Pilgrim wrote: >>> >>>>There is an issue with either the iwi driver or Damien Bergamini's >>>>firmware that result in the device crashing and/or losing >>> >>>the network >>> >>>>under heavy packet load. I'm having the same issue here with the >>>>2915. I can trigger it using cvsup or SSH-forwarded X sessions. >>> >>>i am not exactly knowlegable on the matter .. but considering >>>i experience the same cvsup behavior on my if_ral interface >>>.. i am more inclined to believe it's an issue somewhere in >>>the underlying framework than it is in a specific driver. >> >>Except that it doesn't happen when I use my ath card. If it is the >>framework, I'd be more inclined toward it being the result of iwi, iwp >>and ral being newer, externally maintained and less tightly integrated >>with net80211. >> >>I seem to recall Sam Leffler saying something to the effect that Damien >>Bergamini hasn't kept up with the moving target of that Sam's work on >>net80211. > > > Sounds reasonable. When it was originally imported, I didn't have any > issues with cvsup. > > Those problems started some time ago. Except for cvsup it works pretty > fine though. (I also get strange NFS error messages sometimes, but > haven't tested if they only happen with if_iwi). FWIW I've tried ipw, ral, and ural drivers at many points in time before and after their addition to cvs and have always had problems (that I've reported in detail to the author). Sam