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Subject: Re: 2.4.12-ac4 10Mbit NE2k interrupt load kills p166
To: bcrl@redhat.com (Benjamin LaHaise)
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 21:22:24 +0100 (BST)
Cc: _deepfire@mail.ru (Samium Gromoff), alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
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> On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 11:30:18PM +0400, Samium Gromoff wrote:
> >        Hello folks...
> > 
> > 	Host A: p166, ISA NE2K, linux-2.4.12-ac4
> > 	Host B: p2-400, rtl-8129, WinXP (heh, not my box though ;)
> > 
> > 	Load: smbmount connection from host A to the host B, and getting
> >      large files.
> 
> Solution: replace NE2K with a decent network card.

The ne2k driver goes to great pains to keep interrupts enabled it isnt the
culprit as far as I can tell
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