cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_ste.c
Michal Mertl
mime at traveller.cz
Thu Apr 1 08:19:16 PST 2004
On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 09:42:41AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 01:47:16PM -0800, Nate Lawson wrote:
> > > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > > > Modified files:
> > > > sys/pci if_ste.c
> > > > Log:
> > > > Under a heavy RX load, at least with D-Link DFE-550TX adapters,
> > > > the driver's RX ring head may fall behind the chip, causing the
> > > > stuck traffic, disordered packets, etc. Work around this by
> > > > adopting the technique of resyncing RX head used in dc(4) and
> > > > xl(4) drivers, but do it in a slightly different place to reduce
> > > > the number of resyncs needed.
> > > >
> > > > Also, set the NIC's RX polling period to a more meaningful value,
> > > > to stop overloading the PCI bus (this also reduces the number of
> > > > resyncs by a factor of 3 or more in a long run; the actual number
> > > > is very dependent on a nature of the traffic).
> > > >
> > > > Maintain the statistics counter as the hw.ste_rxsyncs sysctl.
> > >
> > > This pollutes the toplevel hw sysctl space. Please move it to
> > > hw.ste.rxsyncs or better, debug.*.
> > >
> > Seems I followed the bad practice from dc(4) and fxp(4). I will
> > move it to hw.ste, thanks.
>
> Care to fix this "bad practice" in dc(4) and fxp(4) as well? :) Or
> should we wait for their maintainers, or possibly filling the PR ?
>
> ./danfe
Wouldn't it make some sense to include unit number too?
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Michal Mertl
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