On 07-10-2006 02:22, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:18:13 -0700
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7278
>>
>>            Summary: forcedeth slowed down by traffic shaping
>>     Kernel Version: 2.6.16
>>             Status: NEW
>>           Severity: normal
>>              Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>          Submitter: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>> When assigninig a simple Tocket Bucket Filter (TBF) classless trafic shaping
>> policy to the eth0 device (provided by forcedeth), the device's upstream 
>> speed
>> drops to ~12kbyte/s, regardless of the traffic limit I set in the shaping 
>> rule.
>> In fact, the traffic limit values could be larger than the connection's
>> throughput and it'll still limit to mere 12kbyte/s. Once I revert the rule to
>> pfifo_fast, the rate resumes to the connection's real one (64kbyte/s).
>>
>> If I set the TBF lower than 96kbit on eth0, it indeed applies; in other 
>> words, I
>> can make the connection slower than 12kbyte/s but not faster.
>>
>> If I assign the same rule to ppp0, it works just as intended, for rules 
>> higher
>> than 12kbyte/s, leading me to believe forcedeth has something to do with it.
>>
>> (Is there any module parameter I can try tweaking?)

Isn't it to unpolite to expect from the submitter some details
like this tbf rule or testing with other kernel version?

Jarek P.  
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