[HEADSUP] big polling changes

Christian Brueffer chris at unixpages.org
Mon Oct 3 11:00:57 PDT 2005


On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 12:51:24AM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
>   Colleagues,
> 
>   I have just committed a big polling cleanup. First important
> point is that only two drivers were tested to work. Please,
> if you run CURRENT and polling(4), please reply to this mail,
> saying whether your NIC works or not. When I get approvements
> for all drivers, then I will be ready for MFC. Current state is:
> 
>   em	- tested (ru, glebius)
>   fxp	- tested (glebius)
>   ixgb	- not tested (changeset similar to em)
>   nge	- not tested
>   re	- not tested
>   vge	- not tested
>   dc	- not tested
>   rl	- not tested
>   sf	- not tested
>   sis	- not tested
>   ste	- not tested
>   vr	- not tested
>   xl	- not tested
> 
> The second important point is that you should not use kern.polling.enable
> anymore. Just turn polling on interface with ifconfig, either manually
> or via rc.conf.
> 

I can test sf(4), dc(4), vr(4) and soon vge(4) if you whip up a patch
for RELENG_6.

- Christian

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