problem with vr0

[Gary Allan]

George Georgalis wrote:
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 10:27:11AM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:

On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 01:21:55AM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:

I put kern.polling.enable=1 in /etc/rc.conf but have the feeling it
belongs elsewhere...
/etc/sysctl.conf


okay. console messages remain the same, and no other changes noted
either.
// George


I've noticed that polling support for the vr device can not be 
controlled or displayed from ifconfig (Unlike in FreeBSD). Adding the 
following seems to enable that support. No guarantees on correctness but 
maybe someone else can take a look.

cd /usr/src/sys/dev/netif/vr/
diff -ruN if_vr.c if_vr.c.new
--- if_vr.c     2005-01-26 19:19:42.000000000 +0000
+++ if_vr.c.new 2005-01-26 19:26:04.000000000 +0000
@@ -880,6 +880,10 @@
        ifp->if_init = vr_init;
        ifp->if_baudrate = 10000000;
        ifp->if_snd.ifq_maxlen = VR_TX_LIST_CNT - 1;
+#ifdef DEVICE_POLLING
+       ifp->if_capabilities |= IFCAP_POLLING;
+#endif
+       ifp->if_capenable = ifp->if_capabilities;
        /*
         * Do MII setup.
@@ -1690,6 +1694,11 @@
                mii = device_get_softc(sc->vr_miibus);
                error = ifmedia_ioctl(ifp, ifr, &mii->mii_media, command);
                break;
+       case SIOCSIFCAP:
+                ifp->if_capenable &= ~IFCAP_POLLING;
+                ifp->if_capenable |= ifr->ifr_reqcap & IFCAP_POLLING;
+                break;
+
        default:
                error = EINVAL;
                break;
After the modifications with DEVICE_POLLING kernel support and 
kern.polling.enable=1.

ifconfig vr0
vr0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        options=40<polling>
        inet 192.168.50.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.50.255
        ether 00:40:63:d8:23:0d
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
ifconfig vr0 -polling && ifconfig vr0
vr0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.50.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.50.255
        ether 00:40:63:d8:23:0d
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
ifconfig vr0 polling && ifconfig vr0
vr0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	options=40<polling>
        inet 192.168.50.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.50.255
        ether 00:40:63:d8:23:0d
        media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
        status: no carrier
Regards

G.Allan