From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752938AbXI3VZl (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:25:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752013AbXI3VZb (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:25:31 -0400 Received: from smtp3.neobee.net ([80.74.160.52]:45489 "EHLO smtp2.neobee.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752033AbXI3VZa (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:25:30 -0400 Message-ID: <4700092C.5060805@bandin.homelinux.com> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:38:04 +0200 From: Sinisa Bandin Reply-To: sinisa@bandin.homelinux.com User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.7pre (X11/20070927) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Justin Piszcz CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, samba@lists.samba.org, submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: [Samba] 2.6.22/realtek bug in hardware, any kernel work-around? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Justin Piszcz wrote: > Package: samba > Version: 3.0.26a-1 >> >> Kernel: 2.6.22 >> >> samba 3.0.26a-1 performance < 900 KiB/s, but FTP = 30-90 MiB/s >> >> Let me start out by saing this is an oddball problem: >> >> SAMBA: >> LINUX -> WINDOWS = < 900 KiB/s (varies between 100 - 900 KiB/s) >> WINDOWS -> LINUX = 30-90 MiB/s (always) >> >> FTP: >> Either direction, 30-90 MiB/s (always) >> >> I do not see any nasty errors in the logs even with verbose = 5. >> >> Any ideas here? I am not using any special options. > > I found out that poor smb performance is related to a broken > udp-perfomance of the 8169 NIC in outgoing udp. > But, only in Gb Mode of the 8169 NIC, with 100Mbps it is ok. > I had exactly the same problem with 100Mb/s also. Solved by disabling onboard LAN interface and inserting (US Robotics) Realtek 8139 based card (10/100 Mbps). Best regards, Sinisa Bandin