xe(4) MPSAFE patch

Vince Hoffman jhary at unsane.co.uk
Mon Jun 2 21:06:39 UTC 2008


John Baldwin wrote:
> On Saturday 31 May 2008 06:26:38 pm Ian FREISLICH wrote:
>> John Baldwin wrote:
>>> I have a patch to make xe(4) MPSAFE.  I do not have hardware to test this, 
>>> however.  Please test this, or the driver will be removed.
>>>
>>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/xe.patch
>> Compile tests and runs ok:
>>
>> xe0: <Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56> at port 0x2e8-0x2ef irq 11 
> function 0 config 39 on pccard0
>> xe0: version 0x55/0x05, 100Mbps capable, with modem
>> xe0: Ethernet address: 00:10:a4:b6:0a:32
>> xe0: [ITHREAD]
> 
> Cool, thanks for testing.  Can you test an additional patch that changes how 
> the watchdog timer works a bit?
> 
> http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/xe_wdog.patch
> 
I have a Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56 but no longer have a 
laptop with a cardbus slot. I'd be willing to post it if a developer 
would like it/could use it. (sorry to hijack the thread but it jogged my 
memory and i thought I'd best post before I forgot about it again.)

Vince


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