FreeBSD 7.1 Breaks re and rl Network Interface Drivers

Pyun YongHyeon pyunyh at gmail.com
Sun Jan 18 19:26:31 PST 2009


On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 06:04:37PM +0100, Dimitry Andric wrote:
 > 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.

Thanks for testing. But the patch does not have any changes to fix
your intitial setup time issue. If the patch has any effects on the
issue it's a luck, I guess.

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Regards,
Pyun YongHyeon


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