cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fxp if_fxp.c if_fxpvar.h

[Robert Watson]

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Maxime Henrion wrote:

> > >   dev.fxp0.int_delay: 1000
> > >   dev.fxp0.bundle_max: 6
> > >   dev.fxp0.rnr: 0
> > >   dev.fxp0.noflow: 0
> > 
> > What are your thoughts about making noflow the default?  Having an fxp
> > machine panic and DoS an entire network is not friendly.
> 
> I'm not opposed to that.  I'd like to hear rwatson confirming this since
> he's the one who implemented that sysctl, but I think it is fairly safe. 

I'm fine with it, but I've never had the opportunity to benchmark to what
extent disabling flow control has on if_fxp.  It would be probably be
useful to do that first. 

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert at fledge.watson.org      Senior Research Scientist, McAfee Research