Re: e1000 driver and samba

["L F" <lfabio.linux@gmail.com>]

On 9/17/07, Kok, Auke <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com> wrote:
> The statistic we were looking at _will_ increase when running in half duplex,
> but if it increases when running in full duplex might indicate a hardware
> failure. Probably you have fixed the issue with the CAT6 cable.
Uhm, 'fixed' may be premature: I restarted the machine and with 22
hours uptime I am getting:
tx_deferred_ok: 36254

> Can you run this new configuration with the old cable? that would eliminate
> the cable (or not)
I most certainly can. This seems to have gotten worse by a factor or
100 or more.. so am I to suspect the new cable?

> A single port failure on a switch can also happen, and samba is definately
> a good test for defective hardware. I cannot rule out anything from the
> information we have gotten yet.
True, but I tried changing the switch ports with little change.
Putting a client on the same switch port yielded no errors on the
client, although unfortunately I don't have ethtool statistics on XP.
The switch, btw, is a fairly generic GS108 from Netgear (there
actually are two).

LF