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Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 14:10:17 -0700
From: "Jesse Brandeburg" <jesse.brandeburg@gmail.com>
To: "Aravind Gottipati" <aravind@freeshell.org>
Subject: Re: e1000 poor network performance - 2.6.17-rc5-g705af309
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On 5/26/06, Aravind Gottipati <aravind@freeshell.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recently started running linux on a new x60 thinkpad and started
> noticing really poor network performance with this kernel.  I saw some
> archived threads from a while back saying this could be related to
> conntracking.  Disabled that (rmmod ip_conntrack) did not fix the
> problem.  I also tried disabling tso but that didn't have any effect
> either.  I can reproduce the problem when connected to a 100Mbps switch
> (I don't have a GigE network to test this with).

First, lets move this over to netdev (see CC)

> This laptop uses the Intel 82573L (PCI-Express) chip.  I'd be glad to
> assist with any toubleshooting/testing w.r.t this.  I am not subscribed
> to the list, so please cc me on any replies.

What kind of poor performance?  what test? please send the output of
ethtool -e ethX and ethtool -S ethX after you've been having problems.

please provide more details and we can see if we can help.

Jesse