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On Mar 5, 2005, at 11:10 AM, Richard Fuchs wrote:

> Scott Feldman wrote:
>
>> Was NAPI turned on for e100 in 2.6.7? If not, turn NAPI on in the
>> 2.6.7 driver and see if you get the same result. If you do, it's
>> very likely the bug is in the e100 driver's NAPI implementation.
>
> looks like you are right, enabling NAPI in 2.6.7 does trigger this.
>
> what exactly is this?

A bug in the driver. I have a hunch: please try this patch with 2.6.9
or higher:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=110726809431611&w=2

> i didn't enable NAPI in any of the newer kernel versions i was trying,
> so i'm somewhat confused. :)

NAPI is the only option for new kernels. 2.6.7 had both NAPI and
non-NAPI.

> also, does this affect the e1000 driver in any way?

No. e1000 is a totally different driver/device with very similar name.

-scott


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