From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francois Romieu Subject: Re: r8169: slow samba performance Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:37:42 +0200 Message-ID: <20070904203742.GB31783@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <46CC66D3.8030602@gmail.com> <20070822182116.GA5445@csy.ca> <46CC9290.3040501@gmail.com> <20070903210322.GB4444@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Bruce Cole , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: john@BlueSkyTours.com Return-path: Received: from electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com ([213.41.134.224]:50006 "EHLO fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753043AbXIDUlN (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:41:13 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org john@BlueSkyTours.com : [...] > 20070903-2.6.23-rc5-r8169-test.patch applied against 2.6.23-rc5 works fine. > Performance is acceptable. Does "acceptable" mean that there is a noticeable difference when compared to the patch based on a busy-waiting loop ? > Would you like me to *just* try patches 1 & 2, to help narrow down anything? I expect patch #2 alone to be enough to enhance the performance. If it gets proven, the patch would be a good candidate for a quick merge upstream. -- Ueimor