[HEADSUP] big polling changes

[Christian Brueffer]

On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 06:32:17PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 08:00:23PM +0200, Christian Brueffer wrote:
> C> On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 12:51:24AM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> C> >   Colleagues,
> C> > 
> C> >   I have just committed a big polling cleanup. First important
> C> > point is that only two drivers were tested to work. Please,
> C> > if you run CURRENT and polling(4), please reply to this mail,
> C> > saying whether your NIC works or not. When I get approvements
> C> > for all drivers, then I will be ready for MFC. Current state is:
> C> > 
> C> >   em	- tested (ru, glebius)
> C> >   fxp	- tested (glebius)
> C> >   ixgb	- not tested (changeset similar to em)
> C> >   nge	- not tested
> C> >   re	- not tested
> C> >   vge	- not tested
> C> >   dc	- not tested
> C> >   rl	- not tested
> C> >   sf	- not tested
> C> >   sis	- not tested
> C> >   ste	- not tested
> C> >   vr	- not tested
> C> >   xl	- not tested
> C> > 
> C> > The second important point is that you should not use kern.polling.enable
> C> > anymore. Just turn polling on interface with ifconfig, either manually
> C> > or via rc.conf.
> C> > 
> C> 
> C> I can test sf(4), dc(4), vr(4) and soon vge(4) if you whip up a patch
> C> for RELENG_6.
> 
> Patch for RELENG_6 is here:
> 
>   http://people.freebsd.org/~glebius/totest/newpoll_RELENG_6.diff
> 

Thanks, sf(4) works as expected.  I can test the other drivers next
week.

- Christian

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