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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Allow TSO to be disabled for forcedeth driver
Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com> wrote:
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> TSO can cause performance problems in certain environments, and being
> able to turn it on or off is helpful for debugging network issues. Most
> other network drivers that support TSO allow it to be toggled, so add
> this feature to forcedeth. Tested by Harald Dunkel, who reported that
> this fixed his network performance issue with VMware.
>

(This is regarding
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=408893)


Why does TSO-with-forcedeth make vmware networking slow?

Is it specific to the forcedeth driver?
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