On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 07:25:41PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 03:08:58PM +0100, O. Hartmann wrote: > > > >> Hello. > >> Using these two sources for getting nfe() driver support for my FreeBSD > >> 6.2-BETA/AMD64 box was pretty convenient in the past weeks due to my big > >> interrupt problems using the nve() driver. > >> But with yesterday, I can't get the sources anymore. nfe() isn't yet a > >> part of the 6.2 BETA, that's what I looked first for, so can anybody > >> help me out? Is nfe() a part of 6.2-REL in the near future or are there > >> other reasons stop spreading the sources via that cvs source? > >> > >> Thanks for your help in advance, > >> > >> > > Did you try the version at > > http://www.se.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~shigeaki/software/freebsd-nfe.html > > ? I use it and except for some peer-to-peer gigabit problems I > > didn't notice any other bad signs. It's far more stable that > > what we have now in the CVS tree. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Thank you for the link. > No, I did not try this link since I thought the CVS tree's version was > the stabelst version we have. I find it convenient by pushing it via net > using cvs just after I upgraded my CVS tree of the sources for the > operating system. I will keep this link in mind. > Is there a date we can this driver expect in FreeBSD 6.2? Or is the > driver more subject to be merged in 6.2-STABLE and for 6.3? nve() isn't > suitable, neither with SCHED_ULE (which I use now again) and with > SCHED_4BSD, because on my hardware platform the interrupt generation is > much higher than that of the nfe() driver - and due to this massive > interrupts useless for me.
Please remember to turn off SCHED_ULE before submitting any and all future bug reports, thanks :-) Kris
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