You could test fot the idle loop issue by temporarily disabling apm0 on boot. I believe (correct me if I'm wrong0 that apm0 is the source of the idle loop problem?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Melameth, Daniel D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 June 2005 02:10 PM > To: OpenBSD Misc > Subject: Re: PPPoE Download Performance Woes > > > I've been hesitant to touch -current especially after a > hackathon. Any > idea if the idle loop fix is in the i386 6/3 snapshot? > > Marco Peereboom wrote: > > Actually I looked at the dmesg and I am almost certain that this > > machine has the idle loop issue. Try -current or wait until brad@ > > commits the errata. > > > Melameth, Daniel D. wrote: > > > > I've looked into this further and still cannot determine where > > > > the issue lies. Based on some advice, I unplugged the OpenBSD > > > > machine and setup a Windows XP machine instead. The Windows > > > > native PPPoE client was able to download at 5.5Mb/s and the > > > > OpenBSD machine was still stuck at > > > > 1.5Mb/s.