so do the rx logic first even if the fifo overflow is set.  im not in front of 
the code but refer to the if-else block I referenced earlier. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 2, 2016, at 1:32 PM, Saso Kiselkov <skiselkov...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm willing to test anything you suggest.
> 
> -- 
> Saso
> 
>> On 10/2/16 10:09 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>> ah so maybe we need to change the logic so that the exhaustion of 
>> descriptors takes precedence over the rx fifo overrun.  
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Oct 2, 2016, at 12:45 PM, Saso Kiselkov <skiselkov...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the suggestions! Results below:
>>> 
>>>> On 10/2/16 7:20 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>>> But as a first test, you can try calling rge_receive().  The simplest
>>>> way I can see to do that is to OR in the value of RGE_NO_RXDESC_INT in
>>>> the check at 1495. (Btw the ordering of the checks at 1488 and 1495 are
>>>> suboptimal, as the rx interrupt should be the *hot* code path.
>>> 
>>> Sadly, this won't help. RGE_RX_INT is already a composite of
>>> RX_OK_INT | RX_ERR_INT | NO_RXDESC_INT
>>> 
>>>> One thing you might also try doing is changing the value in rge.h for
>>>> RGE_RECV_COPY_SIZE from 256 to something much larger — 8000 will be
>>>> larger than the largest possible rge frame.  I have a theory that part
>>>> of the problem you are encountering may be due to being out of buffers
>>>> to loan up, and the screwy handling for that case.
>>> 
>>> Tried this, but to no avail. It still goes into the sad place. Sadly,
>>> this stupid box doesn't even have a serial port with which I could
>>> provide you access. And I'm out of PCI-e slots to shove in an Intel NIC,
>>> so the on-board Realtek POS is my last option. Well that, or using Linux
>>> with Illumos as a KVM on top of it, but even saying that out loud leaves
>>> a bad taste in my mouth...
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> --
>>> Saso
> 
> 


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