From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcello Subject: Re: NAPI 8139too.c for 2.4.23 Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:32:42 +0100 Sender: linux-net-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3FCBC18A.4000405@tin.it> References: <20031201205038.GK10711@ovh.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Jeff Garzik , netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Return-path: To: Octave In-Reply-To: <20031201205038.GK10711@ovh.net> List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Octave ha scritto: >Stephen, >I get your patch from http://lwn.net/Articles/54815/ for 2.6.X and >I rewrote it for 2.4.23. Tested with 2.4.23 on high load servers. I >have no more "Too much work at interrupt". > >I dropped it on ftp://ftp.ovh.net/made-in-ovh/8139too.c-2.4-0.9.27 > >Hope it helps. >Octave > >before: >------- ># ps auxw >root 256 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SW Nov28 0:00 [eth0] ># ifconfig > RX packets:40940899 errors:250542 dropped:7052 overruns:250542 frame:0 > TX packets:33057049 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:20 carrier:0 ># dmesg >eth0: Setting 100mbps full-duplex based on auto-negotiated partner ability 41e1. >nfs: server X.X.X.X not responding, still trying >nfs: server X.X.X.X OK >eth0: Too much work at interrupt, IntrStatus=0x0040. > >with NAPI >--------- > RX packets:428253 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:357949 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27 >PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0b.0 >eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xec00, 00:e0:4c:91:03:b0, IRQ 11 >eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D' > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > OCTAVE!! Your rewrite of the driver is great!! You have resolved all my problems with ethernet!! (collisions for now , but I think errors too :) ) You are my new personal HERO!! :D Thanks Marcello