The reasoning behind moving the delay in to shared code is not very compelling.
-Kip On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Kip Macy<kip.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > From "cvs blame": > > Add workaround for fxp issue at interface initialization with IPv6. > > Some LAN card chip for fxp is known to cause problem at > interface initialization with IPv6 enabled. It happens at > some delicate timing. > And also, just adding some DELAY before IPv6 address > autoconfiguration is known to avoid the problem. > > Complete fix is changing the driver not to use interrupt at > multicast filter initialization, but trying such change in > this stage will be dangerous. > > So I add some DELAY() only inside #ifdef INET6 part, > as temporal workaround only for 4.0. > > Approbed by: jkh > > Noticed by: Mattias Pantzare <pant...@ludd.luth.se> > > Obtained from: openbsd-tech mailing list > > > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Bjoern A. > Zeeb<bzeeb-li...@lists.zabbadoz.net> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> could anyone having a clue why that is there look at it and either >> remove it or remove it and properly handle it elsewhere? >> >> I have continuesly noticed it for a while so I think the "temporary" >> as given in the comment rather means "forgotten"? >> >> sys/net/if.c: DELAY(100);/* XXX: temporary workaround for fxp >> issue*/ >> >> /bz >> >> -- >> Bjoern A. Zeeb The greatest risk is not taking one. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > > > > -- > When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one > by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. > > Edmund Burke > -- When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
