Re: 2.4.18-pre7 slow ... apm problem

[Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>]

> On 29 Jan 02 at 20:36, Jeff Chua wrote:                             
> > On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Thomas Hood wrote:                           
> >                                                                   
> > > Suggestion: Try setting the idle_threshold to a higher value,   
> > > e.g., 98.  (The default value is 95.)                           
> >                                                                   
> > With 98, "ping localhost" on "guest" os showed 2 responses, then  
pause for                                                             
> > few seconds, then response, ...                                   
> >                                                                   
> > With 95, I got the 1st response, then nothing. 98 seems better,   
but still                                                             
> > slow...                                                           
> >                                                                   
> > With 100, it's perfect.                                           
>                                                                     
> I've got an idea - if you were saying that ping host->guest is fine,
> but other way around it does not work. Can you apply                
> ftp://platan.vc.cvut.cz/pub/vmware/vmware-ws-1455-update5.tar.gz    
> to your VMware 3.x? Stock vmware-3.x modules use netif_rx() instead 
> of netif_rx_ni(), and so network bottom half was not run under some 
> conditions.                                                         
>                                                                     
> Patch also allows you to run VMware on 2.5.3-pre5, BTW.             
                                                                      
We are completely OT here, but anyway it may be common interest:      
                                                                      
Applying this patch makes some of my problems go. dos-box does no     
longer hang the whole guest system, but succeeds in 4 of 5 runs. If it
does not output anything inside the dos-window and I hit the          
fullscreen (ALT-ENTER) everything is normal, ALT-ENTER again shows the
correct win desktop with dos-box and correct output there.            
It is almost ok, it does not hang, only a minor quirk left.           
                                                                      
Thanks,                                                               
Stephan