netdev - r8169: slow samba performance

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Message-ID: <46CC66D3.8030602@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:39:47 -0700
From:	Bruce Cole <bacole@...il.com>
To:	shane@...nu
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bacole@...il.com
Subject: r8169: slow samba performance

>Just upgraded a motherboard and it came with an onboard
>Realtek card which appears to use the r8169 driver.  The
>machine is a samba server and when serving files to a local
>Linux or Windows client, I only get approx 40-60 kbps. 
>Write performance is fine though, in the tens of mbps and
>scp, nfs, and ftp server all work well so it appears
>specific to the Samba load.  However, when serving to more
>than one client symoltaniously, performance goes up
>dramatically, again into the tens of mbps or when there is
>other network activity.

Shane, join the crowd :)  Try the fix I just re-posted over here:

http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg39244.html



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