Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 4 Oct 2003 08:49:52 +0200 | From | Sander <> | Subject | Re: e1000 -> 82540EM on linux 2.6.0-test[45] very slow in one direction |
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Leech, Christopher wrote (ao): > > Btw, I had to compile the e1000 driver as a module. Compiled in it > > doesn't work, as is stated on the intel support page: > > > This is not clear from the kernel config help. A patch against > > 2.6.0-test6 is attached (I don't know how to only give n/m as an > > option). > > This patch is not necessary or desired. The version of e1000 that ships > with the kernel source should work fine statically linked, and the > comment on the Intel support web page applies to the separate download > of the e1000 source. If you download the driver source from Intel and > do the work to add it into a kernel source tree yourself, Intel customer > support may not help you when you have problems. > > If you are having problems compiling in the version of e1000 that ships > with the kernel, please report it on netdev and we'll try and help.
I'm sorry for the patch. The problem I had with e1000 compiled into the kernel was that the interface resets every 60(?) seconds, and there was no network connection. After a google search I came onto the intel support page, saw the module-only text, tried e1000 as a module and it worked. This all is with the e1000 driver which is in the 2.6.0-test6 kernel, which I thought was the intel provided driver. The server is co-located now, so I'm sorry to say that I can't try again to give more details.
> > Btw2, can somebody please explain what the option E1000_NAPI does? > > NAPI is a network driver polling mode interface. It enables a form of > software managed interrupt moderation, and may result in better > performance under some traffic patterns (specifically sustained high > packet rate reception).
Aha, tnx. Can you please provide a patch to get this text in the 2.6 help? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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