FreeBSD 7.1 Breaks re and rl Network Interface Drivers

Dimitry Andric dimitry at andric.com
Sat Jan 17 09:04:40 PST 2009


On 2009-01-17 05:54, Pyun YongHyeon wrote:
> I think the initial setup time issue of 8169SC is different one.
> Did re(4) of 7.0-RELEASE also have the same issue?

Sometimes, and sometimes not. :) It was flaky, to say the least...


> Also would you try attached patch? It doesn't fix initial setup
> time issue but I'd like to know whether it makes your controller
> work.

This patch not only makes my controller(s) work, it also speeds up the
initial setup time greatly!  I have tested this through about 3 reboots,
and one complete powerdown + powerup cycle.


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