network slowness/freez-up since update 10/11

[Andrey Chernov]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:23:18PM -0700, Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 04:27:22PM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
> > There appears to bea problem with if_de cards and Giant-free operation.
> > I'm working with John Baldwin to try and diagnose it.  Could you try
> > putting debug.mpsafenet=0 in /boot/loader.conf and reboot to confirm that
> > this is what's going on?
> 
> The de(4) driver is a bit of a mess as regards locking.
> I had a look at this back in June/July but no longer have the hardware.
> It would probably be best to bring it under IFF_NEEDSGIANT.

Even with its locking mess it works perfectly in -current until late 
August.

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