try to enable kern.polling sysctl -w kern.polling.enable=1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Kennaway" <kris at obsecurity.org> To: "John Polstra" <jdp at polstra.com> Cc: <net at freebsd.org>; <current at freebsd.org>; "Kris Kennaway" <kris at obsecurity.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 10:46 AM Subject: Re: em interrupt storm