Hi Luigi,
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > [Bcc to -stable because of relevance there] > > With the approval of the release engineer, a revised version of > the network polling code is now in STABLE. It would be great if > you could try it out and send feedback, so we con sort out issues > (if any) before the release of 4.5. > > Do not be afraid to upgrade, because unless you explicitly enable > the new code with the kernel option mentioned below, your kernel > will not be affected by the patch. > > The code is only for i386 architecture, non-SMP (it would be rather > useless on SMP boxes, anyways). Devices supported so far are "dc", > "fxp" and "sis". I can patch more drivers if you ask, but you need > to test the patches yourself because i do not have access to other > 100M and 1G cards (except perhaps "xl"). We have a very busy ftp server with xl card where we can test the code. So it would be great if you adopt the pathces for xl. Thank you! > [As a side note -- there have been significant performance improvement > changes to the "dc" and "sis" drivers recently, so if you have one > of these two cards, it might be worthwhile to upgrade]. > > The commit message follows. Have fun. > > cheers > luigi > [ commit message ] - -maxim -- Maxim Konovalov, MAcomnet, Internet-Intranet Dept., system engineer phone: +7 (095) 796-9079, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
