From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263726AbTJCMXd (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:23:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263727AbTJCMXc (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:23:32 -0400 Received: from ookhoi.xs4all.nl ([213.84.114.66]:64223 "EHLO favonius.humilis.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263726AbTJCMXc (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:23:32 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 14:23:29 +0200 From: Ookhoi To: Ookhoi Cc: Florian Zwoch , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: e1000 -> 82540EM on linux 2.6.0-test[45] very slow in one direction Message-ID: <20031003122329.GA21532@favonius> Reply-To: ookhoi@humilis.net References: <20031003103025.GA20676@favonius> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031003103025.GA20676@favonius> X-Uptime: 12:41:52 up 116 days, 12:08, 38 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ookhoi wrote (ao): > Florian Zwoch wrote (ao): > > issue seems to partly solved. the e1000 driver seems to be ok! > > i reconfigured my kernel and intentionally left out netfilter options. > > after that my network performance was back to normal. > > > > netfilter was only compiled in the kernel. it was not used with any rules! > > > > so my wild guess would be that something with the netfilter code (i am > > not 100% sure it was netfilter.. _maybe_ it was some small odd kernel > > option i accidently enabled/disabled) is broken since test3 (again > > uncertified. but i firstly noticed this switching from test3 to test4). > I have netfilter enabled, and will try another -test6 kernel with > netfilter not compiled in to see if that indeed makes a difference. I can confirm now that disabling netfilter in 2.6.0-test6 makes the nic perform oke wrt upload. I (just like Florian) had no iptables rules active in the former 2.6.0-test6 kernel, but netfilter was compiled in.