netdev - Re: r8169: slow samba performance

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Message-ID: <20070904203742.GB31783@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Tue, 4 Sep 2007 22:37:42 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	john@...eSkyTours.com
Cc:	Bruce Cole <bacole@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: r8169: slow samba performance

john@...eSkyTours.com <john@...eSkyTours.com> :
[...]
> 20070903-2.6.23-rc5-r8169-test.patch applied against 2.6.23-rc5 works fine.
> Performance is acceptable.

Does "acceptable" mean that there is a noticeable difference when compared
to the patch based on a busy-waiting loop ?

> Would you like me to *just* try patches 1 & 2, to help narrow down anything?

I expect patch #2 alone to be enough to enhance the performance. If it gets
proven, the patch would be a good candidate for a quick merge upstream.

-- 
Ueimor
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