Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 14:46:05 -0700 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: Coleman Kane <cokane@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ndis(4) patch to replace obsolete if_watchdog interface Message-ID: <20080529214604.GA68753@citylink.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <1212093692.1681.8.camel@localhost> References: <1212093692.1681.8.camel@localhost>
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On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 04:41:32PM -0400, Coleman Kane wrote: > Hi, > > I just replaced the obsoleted if_watchdog interface in ndis(4) with a > local implementation. This should remove the obnoxious warning message > on device init. Anyone using -CURRENT with an ndis card, could you send > me success/fails? > > The patch is here: > * http://people.freebsd.org/~cokane/patches/if_ndis-new_wd.patch This works different to the rest of the network drivers. The existing drivers use a callout tick that runs while the driver is up and an integer counter. if (x && --x == 0) ...timeout... You arm the callout and stop it after each Tx, does this have any perfornace impact? Andrew
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