From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jesse Brandeburg" Subject: Re: e1000 poor network performance - 2.6.17-rc5-g705af309 Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 14:10:17 -0700 Message-ID: <4807377b0605271410j39532f44j2cafd3239d40bf31@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060526212243.GA19250@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "NetDEV list" Return-path: Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.191]:14006 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964976AbWE0VKT convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 May 2006 17:10:19 -0400 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k26so10795nfc for ; Sat, 27 May 2006 14:10:18 -0700 (PDT) To: "Aravind Gottipati" In-Reply-To: <20060526212243.GA19250@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On 5/26/06, Aravind Gottipati wrote: > Hi, > > I recently started running linux on a new x60 thinkpad and started > noticing really poor network performance with this kernel. I saw some > archived threads from a while back saying this could be related to > conntracking. Disabled that (rmmod ip_conntrack) did not fix the > problem. I also tried disabling tso but that didn't have any effect > either. I can reproduce the problem when connected to a 100Mbps switch > (I don't have a GigE network to test this with). First, lets move this over to netdev (see CC) > This laptop uses the Intel 82573L (PCI-Express) chip. I'd be glad to > assist with any toubleshooting/testing w.r.t this. I am not subscribed > to the list, so please cc me on any replies. What kind of poor performance? what test? please send the output of ethtool -e ethX and ethtool -S ethX after you've been having problems. please provide more details and we can see if we can help. Jesse