Re: Re: Re: kern/150516: [em] e1000 receive queue handling problem

2011-02-25 Thread Arnaud Lacombe
Hi, 2011/2/25 beezarliu : > Raising nmbcluster is not best way, but it can ease the memory shortage, > and allcate more for network, which also improve system performance. > sure, but the driver should still be able to deals with such condition without stalling. :) - Arnaud _

Re: Re: Re: kern/150516: [em] e1000 receive queue handling problem

2011-02-25 Thread beezarliu
On 2011-02-26 07:52:54, Arnaud Lacombe wrote: >Hi, > >What is the point to invent a complex logic to detected a situation >the chip warn you about ? > >The attached patch has currently survived longer than anything I've >been ever tested, without dirty hack, like raising `nmbclusters'. Sorry, I di

Re: Re: Re: kern/150516: [em] e1000 receive queue handling problem

2011-02-25 Thread Arnaud Lacombe
Hi, What is the point to invent a complex logic to detected a situation the chip warn you about ? The attached patch has currently survived longer than anything I've been ever tested, without dirty hack, like raising `nmbclusters'. Thanks in advance, - Arnaud ps: this is a temporary patch, for

Strange behavior of MTU on loopback interfaces.

2011-02-25 Thread c0re
Hello all! I'm testing setting lower MTU on loopback interfaces to avoid some MTU problems with IPSEC in a path of traffic. ifconfig lo1 create ifconfig lo1 mtu 1300 ifconfig lo1 5.5.5.5/32 # ifconfig lo1 lo1: flags=8049 metric 0 mtu 1300 inet 5.5.5.5 netmask 0x #ifconfig em0 em