From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261804AbUK2VGV (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:06:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261805AbUK2VGU (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:06:20 -0500 Received: from electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com ([213.41.134.224]:12955 "EHLO fr.zoreil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261804AbUK2VGQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2004 16:06:16 -0500 Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:02:14 +0100 From: Francois Romieu To: Terry Griffin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: odd behavior with r8169 and pcap Message-ID: <20041129210213.GA3880@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <1101751909.2291.21.camel@tux.hq.axian.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1101751909.2291.21.camel@tux.hq.axian.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Organisation: Land of Sunshine Inc. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Terry Griffin : [...] > So the obvious questions are: Is this a known problem? Why the > heck does it do this? Is there a fix or workaround to get the > high rate all the time other than running a pcap utility 24x7? 1 - not really 2 - details please: - which kernel versions have been tested ? - when did the bahavior appear first ? - which compiler version ? - can you provide a short description of the hardware ? - lspci -vx, lsmod, dmesg after boot, /proc/interrupts, vmstat 1 for a few seconds when ok/nok will be welcome 3 - can it be reproduced with latest -bk ? Please Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com. -- Ueimor