Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael Buesch <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too | Date | Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:19:49 +0100 |
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On Sunday 22 March 2009 22:12:00 Francois Romieu wrote: > Rui Santos <rsantos@grupopie.com> : > [...] > > I Finally ended up the big bisect operation. The commit responsible for > > this issue is commit > > b726e493e8dc13537d1d7f8cd66bcd28516606c3 > > labeled > > 'r8169: sync existing 8168 device hardware start sequences with vendor > > driver' > > Thanks a lot for the bisect. > > > With that patch removed, I was able to get a sustained 40MB/s+ on a > > 20GB ftp transfer. I wasn't able to do it with the specified patch applied. > > Just as a side note, I was never able to reproduce it on a 100MBit > > connection, only on a full 1GBit one...
I can trigger it on a 100MBit connection, but it takes a _lot_ more time (something like 4 hours or so of continuous traffic). On a 1GBit connection it takes only a few minutes.
> > However this patch will not reverse on the current kernel. > > > > What do you think the next step should be ? > > As usual, if you need any testing, please do let me know. > > Can you see if one of the attached patches or a combination of them > makes a difference for the current (-git) kernel ?
Thanks a lot. I will try these. Will take some time, because this is a production server and I'll have to take care to not completely bring it down. :)
-- Greetings, Michael.
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