From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: john@BlueSkyTours.com Subject: Re: r8169: slow samba performance Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:34:50 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: References: <46CC66D3.8030602@gmail.com> <20070822182116.GA5445@csy.ca> <46CC9290.3040501@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Bruce Cole Return-path: Received: from nat1.blueskytours.com ([12.96.192.180]:21757 "HELO volcano.blueskytours.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1754542AbXH0Wld (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:41:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46CC9290.3040501@gmail.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Bruce Cole wrote: > Shane wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 09:39:47AM -0700, Bruce Cole wrote: >> >>> Shane, join the crowd :) Try the fix I just re-posted over here: >>> >> >> Bruce, gigabit speeds thanks for the pointer. This fix >> works well for me though I just added the three or so lines >> in the elseif statement as it rejected with the >> r8169-20070818. I suppose I could've merged the whole >> thing and if you need that tested, let me know but this is >> looking good. >> > Glad it works for you. I'm not the maintainer, and also don't have adequate > specs from Realtek to definitively explain why the NPQ bit apparently needs > to be re-enabled when some but not all of the TX FIFO is dequeued. It is > documented as if it isn't cleared until the FIFO is empty. So I assume an > official patch will have to wait until Francois is back. I have had abysmal performance trying to remotely run X apps via ssh on a computer with a RTL8111 NIC. Saw this message and decided to give this patch a try --- success! Much, much better. Thanks, John