Hello,

> >800kb/s sounds like what I remember getting through mc, any idea why not
> >everyone was affected?
> 
> I'm actually rather puzzled by this problem. I can definately make it go
> away, but I'd like to be able to back out the code changes and make it fail
> again, but as I just posted, I'm only partially successful at that. I can't
> compile a new GENERIC because I've already mangled so much other code, so I
> have to compare it against 2.0RC4 GENERIC (non MP). I'll readily admit that
> while I feel comfortable saying this patch is promising, I can't say I've
> purely identified the problem.
Hmm, just a thought - does it appear again after a really hard reset ( read: power cycle ) ?

> The apparent randomness of people affected also bothers me. It may have
> something to do with how they set up /etc/ifconfig.mc0. It might have to do
> with which kernel build they are using.
I've never used any media type parameters and I'm not sure I ever had something on the AAUI port when using NetBSD. It was always connected to either a 10/100MBit switch or a dumb 10MBit hub.

> Now, if other people start saying that it doesn't fix their mc*, I need to
> go over this very closely. I can reproduce it somewhat consistently, which
> goes a long way to figuring out if I'm actually changing something.
Really weird, I've just made a kernel for Riccardo, let's see what he says.

have fun
Michael