freebsd-current

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Robert Watson wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Jack F Vogel wrote:
> > Log:
> >  Updates for both the em and igb drivers, add support
> >  for multiqueue tx, shared code updates, new device
> >  support, and some bug fixes.
>
> Since this change (and the two followups), I'm no longer able to use
> if_em reliable in VMWare Fusion.  I get a bit of traffic, and then
> interrupts cease firing from the (virtual) card.  If I lower the
> interface and raise it, it will recover for a short period, and then
> the same result.  I'm running VMWare 2.0.5, which is the latest
> version available; if I locally back out the update changes, then it
> works fine so it seems unlikely to be other on-going network stack
> work.  I realize that VMWare's driver is probably not part of your
> official test suite (not actually being a product manafactured by
> Intel :-), but keeping VMWare working is pretty important from a
> FreeBSD perspective!

Not sure it was this commit but Virtual Box also has issues with em 
in -current. em complains the MAC address is invalid and refuses to 
attach.

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