On 1/19/07, Bill Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Since this was just seen, and the patch below validated as working I wanted > to send general email to capture this: > > The Lenovo X60 can have issues with long ping times, this is a KNOWN > hardware problem, and Intel is working with IBM/Lenovo, a final 'fix' has > not been decided on yet. Nevertheless, the patch below will work, but > I do not want to check it in as its still temporary. > > Address questions to me, Okay, I have a question. Could you elaborate on just what the problem is? (I mean, since it's KNOWN and all...) I'm just having a hard time figuring out what problem could possibly be fixed by setting the RX interrupt delay timer to a non-zero value (especially since elsewhere in the em(4) source it says that doing so is a Bad Thing (tm)).
saying its known to be a problem doesnt mean its cause is known :) They discovered that setting this eliminated the problem, but we immediately pointed out that this is, as you pointed out, a Bad Thing on other hardware, so the investigation continues, there is always a communication lag on these kind of things, so I dont know if it has been resolved yet or not. I just dont think this patch will become the final way to solve this, but we shall see :) Cheers, Jack _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
