AW: Slow Network with rl0 and 5.3

[Karl M. Joch]

Hello Max,

your patch works like a charme. One of my guys tested it on 2 boxes and it
works now like it worked before. Speed is great again and we think about
installing it on 2 production boxes where customers really have problems. Is
it save to patch production boxes with it?

Many thanks,

Keal


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Max Laier [mailto:max at love2party.net] 
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 30. Jänner 2005 22:34
> An: isak at isak.is
> Cc: Karl M. Joch; freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> Betreff: Re: Slow Network with rl0 and 5.3
> 
> Hi,
> 
> can you try the attached patch (relative to RELENG_5).  It 
> disables batch 
> transfers from the system queue to the driver - an 
> optimization introduced 
> while enabling rl(4) for ALTQ.  Please let me know if it improves the 
> situation.  If it does, this is a sign of a more fundamental 
> problem in the 
> driver locking (or the card timing) and needs further evaluation.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> On Sunday 30 January 2005 22:12, Ísak Ben. wrote:
> > I had a similar problem on a few boxes, you should check 
> the mailing list
> > archives for a recent discussion on how crappy the realtec 
> nic's are.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ísak Ben,
> > http://www.isak.is
> >
> > ---------- Original Message -----------
> > From: "Karl M. Joch" <k.joch at ctseuro.com>
> > To: <stable at freebsd.org>
> > Sent: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:10:57 +0100
> > Subject: Slow Network with rl0 and 5.3
> >
> > > hello,
> > >
> > > after upgrading to 5.3 (cvsup) i have a lot of network 
> problems with
> > > realtec 8139 cards. these cards worked fine with 4.x and 
> 5.2.1. the
> > > network is slowing down heavily without seeing any 
> problems reports on
> > > console or syslog (*.* logged). are there any known 
> problems with these
> > > card and 5.3? this happens on different servers updated 
> since the last 2
> > > weeks.
> > >
> > > many thanks,
> > >
> > > karl
> 
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