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Date:      Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:30:23 -0700
From:      Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
To:        Kernel Jake <kerneljake@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: page fault - 6.0-RC1 i386
Message-ID:  <4355BDCF.2070805@errno.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY110-F194832802EF3AC40F2F577D1700@phx.gbl>
References:  <BAY110-F194832802EF3AC40F2F577D1700@phx.gbl>

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Kernel Jake wrote:
> Sam Leffler wrote:
> 
>> Are you operating in 11g w/ protection enabled?  If possible try 
>> turning off protection at the ap and/or using ifconfig on the local 
>> station.
> 
> 
> The DWL-G520 had defaulted to a protection mode of CTS.  My DI-624 
> access point had defaulted to a mode of "Auto", which I assume means it 
> does whatever the client wants.  I did an 'ifconfig protmode off', and I 
> have now been successfully streaming audio continuously for 9.5 hours 
> without a panic.  Hitherto this feat was unheard of (pun intended).
> 
> Thanks for your help!  Let me know if you would like me to test patches 
> or assist in further investigation.  This is a test machine that I can 
> tweak willy nilly.

Thanks for reporting back.  There's a "feature" in the driver I've been 
meanging to nuke 'cuz it's prone to race conditions; this just confirms it.

	Sam



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