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From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Subject: Re: TCP connection stops after high load.
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:31:35 +0200
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Herbert Xu a =E9crit :
> Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> wrote:
>> dev_queue_xmit_nit() is called before attempting to send packet to d=
evice.
>>
>> If device could not accept the packet (hard_start_xmit() returns an =
error), packet is requeued and retried later.
>> each retry means call ev_queue_xmit_nit() again, so tcpdump/sniffers=
 can 'see' packet transmited several times.=20
>=20
> This should only happen with LLTX drivers.  In fact, LLTX drivers are
> really more trouble than they're worth.  They should all be rewritten
> to follow the model used in tg3.

When did tg3 model changed exactly ?

Because I remember having this 'problem' with tg3 devices not a long ti=
me ago...