From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Jones Subject: Re: e1000 driver and samba Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:02:58 -0700 Message-ID: <46EEC152.8090005@hp.com> References: <780b6f780709131904j41148fb4p827e87530b15d6e9@mail.gmail.com> <46EAC25B.2060404@intel.com> <780b6f780709141140l1fd586c9p2aa8efe6ed803d38@mail.gmail.com> <46EAF644.1040006@intel.com> <46EC1A00.2000304@katalix.com> <46EC2D5A.7080504@intel.com> <780b6f780709152106q3d7f1042t72126c1be16ed1fd@mail.gmail.com> <46ECB95F.2090100@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: L F , James Chapman , netdev@vger.kernel.org To: "Kok, Auke" Return-path: Received: from palrel10.hp.com ([156.153.255.245]:55003 "EHLO palrel10.hp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752130AbXIQSE3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:04:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46ECB95F.2090100@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Kok, Auke wrote: > L F wrote: > >>>>>>tx_deferred_ok: 486 >>> >>>this one I wonder about, and might cause delays, I'll have to look >>>up what it exactly could implicate though. >> >>Please do and let me know. samba 3.0.26 helped, but the issue is >>still there. > > > ok, from the spec: tx_deferred_ok is what is in the DC stats register. DC stands > for "Deferred Count". This initially is meant to track how often the TX unit cannot > send because the medium is busy in a Half-Duplex link state. > > To me it suggests that your speed is not full-duplex. Check `ethtool eth0` output > and see if your link is full duplex or not. also check previous kernel messages > and see what the e1000 driver posted there for link speed messages (as in "e1000: > Link is UP speed XXX duplex YYY") Shouldn't there then have been at least _some_ collisions reported in the stats? And perhaps some late collisions? rick jones