Was there more that the discussion that happened on the mailing list or is that last link about modifying driver.conf what you're looking for?
https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/2014/07/sort/thread/page/2/entry/6:201/20140705000654:CAA2E560-03F9-11E4-80DF-A79115C9AA2A/ On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 3:08 PM, John Croix <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Robert, > > A few years ago, you helped me with this very same problem :). Basically, > when the card is initialized, the MTU is set and cannot be reset. That > meant that you had to create some type of workaround due to the order in > which services were started on SmartOS. I wish I could find the e-mail you > sent me, but I don’t seem to have it anymore. I set a parameter in a file > on the USB key, and you looked at that parameter to set the MTU when you > initialized the card. > > Apparently that process doesn’t work anymore. When I upgraded my SmartOS > distribution a few months ago, a bunch of the services didn’t come up. When > I checked into it, I found out that the Myricom card wasn’t coming up > because of the 9000 parameter. I eliminated the MTU parameter, letting it > default back to 1500, and the system booted up just fine. > > When I get back home, I can retry the 9000 value to see what the exact > error message is. The stupid thing that I did, though, was to not make a > note of where that parameter was set. I thought that I had it in my notes, > so when I removed it, I didn’t bother writing anything down about what file > I removed it from or what the parameter name was. Now I’m not sure what I > need to enable to get the error back again. I don’t suppose that you might > still have a copy of that e-mail you sent me back in 2014 with the > workaround that you integrated into the release, do you? > > Regards, > John > > > On Aug 7, 2017, at 1:52 PM, Robert Mustacchi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 8/6/17 17:25 , John Croix wrote: > >> A few months ago I ran into a problem booting SmartOS with my Myricom > card set up for jumbo frames (MTU of 9000). It was working for a long time > but stopped. I was wondering if anybody has a solution to the problem. My > short-term fix was to set the MTU to 1500 and move on, but I then forgot to > follow up with a bug report :). I’ve sense gotten back to it because my > transmission rate on 10Gb optical is only about 3.4Gb with a 1500 MTU. > > > > Can you provide more details about what specifically wasn't working? > > Unfortunately, there isn't enough information here for us to be able to > > suggest what to do next. > > > > Thanks, > > Robert > > > > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
