Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1767105AbXEBSOz (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:14:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1767107AbXEBSOz (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:14:55 -0400 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:55034 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1767105AbXEBSOy (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 May 2007 14:14:54 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.14,481,1170662400"; d="scan'208";a="223232121" Message-ID: <4638D51C.7010603@intel.com> Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 11:14:52 -0700 From: "Kok, Auke" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michel Lespinasse CC: Chuck Ebbert , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Jones , Jeb Cramer , John Ronciak , Jesse Brandeburg , Jeff Kirsher Subject: Re: 24 lost ticks with 2.6.20.10 kernel References: <20070501130715.GB29131@zoy.org> <46375E04.5030506@redhat.com> <20070501214912.GA4048@zoy.org> <4637BA70.8000108@intel.com> <20070502084146.GA6089@zoy.org> In-Reply-To: <20070502084146.GA6089@zoy.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 May 2007 18:14:53.0093 (UTC) FILETIME=[C7CE3D50:01C78CE5] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1416 Lines: 38 Michel Lespinasse wrote: >> I've had good results with 2.6.21.1 (even running tickless :)) on these >> NICs. Have you tried that yet? > > Not yet. Coming up... I'd prefer not to rely on new kernels at this > point though - but I can certainly try it just to report on current status. I just checked and the fix I was referring to earlier didn't make it into 2.6.21-final. You can get 2.6.21-git1 from kernel.org which has the fix. See http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git1.log for the changelog and commit id's for the patch: commit c58b8e4a25a1ba347a0e5d21984c97bd296f1691 Merge: afc2e82... f50393f... Author: Linus Torvalds Date: Fri Apr 27 10:14:53 2007 -0700 Merge branch 'e1000-fixes' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 * 'e1000-fixes' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6: e1000: FIX: Stop raw interrupts disabled nag from RT e1000: FIX: firmware handover bits e1000: FIX: be ready for incoming irq at pci_request_irq Please give this a try and see if it resolves your issues. hth, Auke - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/