From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jurriaan Subject: Re: strange network performance degradation 2.6.8-rc3-mm1 -> 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:56:06 +0200 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20040814135606.GA6001@middle.of.nowhere> References: <20040814060948.GA7842@middle.of.nowhere> <20040814121533.GB18754@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Reply-To: Jurriaan Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Francois Romieu Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040814121533.GB18754@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Francois Romieu Date: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 02:15:33PM +0200 > > What could be the problem here? > > The transition from 2.6.8-rc3-mm1 to 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 changes both the > point outlined above and the 8139too driver. > > You may: > 1 - try the "pci=routeirq" argument at startup on your 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 if you > have not done so; that didn't help > 2 - apply to your 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 tree: > http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.8-rc4-mm1/8139too-mm-revert.patch I don't get it. INTEL :patch -p1 -R --dry-run < ../268rc4mm1_8139too-mm-revert.patch patching file drivers/net/8139too.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 593. Hunk #2 FAILED at 1935. Hunk #3 FAILED at 1951. Hunk #4 FAILED at 1979. Hunk #5 FAILED at 2006. Hunk #6 FAILED at 2042. Hunk #7 FAILED at 2062. 7 out of 7 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/net/8139too.c.rej INTEL :patch -p1 --dry-run < ../268rc4mm1_8139too-mm-revert.patch patching file drivers/net/8139too.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 593. Hunk #2 FAILED at 1934. Hunk #3 FAILED at 1947. Hunk #4 FAILED at 1976. Hunk #5 FAILED at 1989. Hunk #6 FAILED at 2024. Hunk #7 FAILED at 2047. 7 out of 7 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/net/8139too.c.rej This patch fails both with and without -R - how am I supposed to apply it? > 3 - apply to your 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 tree: > http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.8-rc4-mm1/8139too-mm-revert.patch > http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.8-rc4-mm1/8139too-10.patch > http://www.fr.zoreil.com/linux/kernel/2.6.x/2.6.8-rc4-mm1/8139too-20.patch > I can get the -20 patch to apply with -R (with offsets), but after that -10 with -R fails. Since it's the network card, here's some extra info: 0000:02:07.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) Subsystem: Unex Technology Corp. ND010 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-