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: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 07:54:55 +0200 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20040815055455.GA1496@middle.of.nowhere> References: <20040814060948.GA7842@middle.of.nowhere> <20040814121533.GB18754@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <20040814135606.GA6001@middle.of.nowhere> <20040814150824.GA21843@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <20040814161039.GA1985@middle.of.nowhere> <20040814172835.GA23427@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <20040814190140.GA1954@middle.of.nowhere> <20040814192740.GB23427@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: <20040814192740.GB23427@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 09:27:40PM +0200 > Jurriaan : > [...] > > Indeed they do. Both with -10 and with -10+-20 added on my working > > 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 the booting process hangs somewhere while iptables is > > installing my ipv6 firewall. This is reproducable, I've not tried to > > install my firewall by hand after booting (call me paranoid). > > > > Thus: > > > > 2.6.8-rc4-mm1: boots, slow network > > 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 + 8139too-mm-revert: boots, fast network > > 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 + 8139too-mm-revert + 8139too-10: doesn't boot > > 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 + 8139too-mm-revert + 8139too-10 + 8139too-20: doesn't boot > > Thanks. Erm... not exactly what I had expected. > > Could you return to 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 + 8139too-mm-revert.patch and try each > of the three patches attached ? > patch #1 boots patch #2 doesn't boot patch #3 boots btw, if I shut off my ipv6 firewall, patch #2 hangs in the ntpupdate script, so it looks like the network card is hanging the system on first actual use with #2. Kind regards, Jurriaan -- Well, let's just say, 'if your VCR is still blinking 12:00, you don't want Linux'. Bruce Perens, Debian's Fearless Leader Debian (Unstable) GNU/Linux 2.6.8-rc4-mm1 2x6078 bogomips load 0.34