From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261873AbUK3ACO (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:02:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261876AbUK3ACO (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:02:14 -0500 Received: from zaphod.axian.com ([64.122.196.146]:49373 "EHLO zaphod.axian.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261873AbUK3ABX (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:01:23 -0500 Subject: Re: odd behavior with r8169 and pcap From: Terry Griffin To: Francois Romieu Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <20041129231800.GB3880@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <1101751909.2291.21.camel@tux.hq.axian.com> <20041129210213.GA3880@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> <1101766059.3382.57.camel@tux.hq.axian.com> <20041129231800.GB3880@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1101772869.3382.101.camel@tux.hq.axian.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:01:09 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 15:18, Francois Romieu wrote: > Terry Griffin : > [...] > > Ok, thanks for the info. It may sound like voodoo, but... > > Could you pass acpi=off to the kernel and disable whatever acpi > or USB option appearing in the bios ? > > -- > Ueimor It was already voodoo with pcap in the causal loop. So more voodoo doesn't have the thrill it might have otherwise. Passing acpi=off did the trick. Throughput is at the higher rate with or without pcap monitoring. I did not have to change any BIOS settings. More info previously promised: - Removing one of the RealTek adapters did not help. - The problem still exists in 2.6.10-rc2 and 2.6.10-rc2-bk13. Terry