Index: sys/dev/pci/if_rge.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/sys/dev/pci/if_rge.c,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -p -u -r1.28 if_rge.c
--- sys/dev/pci/if_rge.c	19 Oct 2023 23:43:40 -0000	1.28
+++ sys/dev/pci/if_rge.c	16 Dec 2023 13:59:53 -0000
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ rge_attach(device_t parent, device_t sel
 	sc->sc_media.ifm_media = sc->sc_media.ifm_cur->ifm_media;
 
 	if_attach(ifp);
+	if_deferred_start_init(ifp, NULL);
 	ether_ifattach(ifp, eaddr);
 
 	if (pmf_device_register(self, NULL, NULL))
@@ -1385,10 +1386,14 @@ rge_txeof(struct rge_softc *sc)
 		m_freem(txq->txq_mbuf);
 		txq->txq_mbuf = NULL;
 
+		net_stat_ref_t nsr = IF_STAT_GETREF(ifp);
 		if (txstat & (RGE_TDCMDSTS_EXCESSCOLL | RGE_TDCMDSTS_COLL))
-			if_statinc(ifp, if_collisions);
+			if_statinc_ref(nsr, if_collisions);
 		if (txstat & RGE_TDCMDSTS_TXERR)
-			if_statinc(ifp, if_oerrors);
+			if_statinc_ref(nsr, if_oerrors);
+		else
+			if_statinc_ref(nsr, if_opackets);
+		IF_STAT_PUTREF(ifp);
 
 		bus_dmamap_sync(sc->sc_dmat, sc->rge_ldata.rge_tx_list_map,
 		    idx * sizeof(struct rge_tx_desc),
@@ -1404,24 +1409,12 @@ rge_txeof(struct rge_softc *sc)
 
 	sc->rge_ldata.rge_txq_considx = cons;
 
-#if 0
-	if (ifq_is_oactive(&ifp->if_snd))
-		ifq_restart(&ifp->if_snd);
-	else if (free == 2)
-		ifq_serialize(&ifp->if_snd, &sc->sc_task);
-	else
-		ifp->if_timer = 0;
-#else
-#if 0
-	if (!IF_IS_EMPTY(&ifp->if_snd))
-		rge_start(ifp);
-	else
 	if (free == 2)
-		if (0) { rge_txstart(&sc->sc_task, sc); }
-	else
-#endif
-		ifp->if_timer = 0;
-#endif
+		rge_txstart(&sc->sc_task, sc);
+
+	CLR(ifp->if_flags, IFF_OACTIVE);
+	ifp->if_timer = 0;
+	if_schedule_deferred_start(ifp);
 
 	return (1);
 }