On 2009-04-22, Whyzzi <why...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was happy /w the re driver too until 4.4 (I think my previous > firewall/samba share server was 4.2) > > I did mention in my original post I was watching systat vmstat, during > the post I mentioned I was watching hard drive kbyte writes. When I > decided to run out and buy the em I noticed my re was doing 4 to 6k+ > interrupt requests a second. and I was "tweaked" samba it rose even > higher via systat vmstat. I didn't mention the interrupt storm because
that sounds like normal operation if you're pushing packets out, not a storm. > I no longer want to fuss the system or argue /w tico or mess with > duplex settings as it was all pointless - as I saw it already had the > solution to my problem in hand for 36+cdn $: the new em card. it looked like you already messed with duplex settings.. well, glad you found a way to fix things. the em is faster anyway. >> re -> bge > > Is that loopback or between two boxes with a switch in the middle? two boxes, with two switches between.
