cvs commit: src/sys/pci if_xl.c

[Mike Silbersack]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Stephan Uphoff wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an untested patch that should fix the checksumming.
> ( minimal patch - needs to be optimized later and needs
> additional dma synchronization for non i386 platforms )
> Unfortunately I have currently no card around to test it.
>
> The problem is that after recovery from sender errors the card
> might read and send out packages already released by the driver.
> The bogus packages are normally dropped by the receiver due to
> their bad checksum - however with hardware checksumming the
> checksum is correct.
>
> If anyone is willing to test the minimal patch (and if it works)
> I can write an optimized patch later. (Current patch drops a few
> packages without sending them during error recovery)
>
> 	Stephan

Send the patch to freebsd-hackers, there are a bunch of us with 3com cards
who would be glad to test it!

Mike "Silby" Silbersack