[Soekris] Hi/fn cards and SSH...

[Sam Leffler]

Andy Michaels wrote:
> I found a thread from 2004 on the OpenBSD mailing lists about an issue 
> where SSH connections with high volume traffic caused dropped 
> connections on a Soekris 4801.  Does anyone know if this issue is 
> resolved?  I'm hoping with 3 years in between, the issue has died.  I 
> ask because we are about to purchase 2 4801s and 2 1411 mini-PCI cards. 
>   If there's an issue with OpenSSH, then this will not suit our needs.

There are longstanding bugs in the hifn crypto driver on all bsd systems
that cause this problem w/ 795x cards.  They have purportedly been fixed
by Michael Richardson in work that was recently released for linux
(thanks to Hifn for their sponsorship).  I started to integrate the
changes to freebsd but haven't finished (they are extensive).

	Sam