Yuval, try the 4.4.12 version. It has better flow control settings. Is you switch configured for flow control? Are you getting RX FIFO errors or Rx Dropped errors? -scott > -----Original Message----- > From: yuval yeret [mailto:yuval_yeret@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:05 AM > To: linux-net@vger.kernel.org > Subject: > > > (please CC: me on responses as I do not subscribe to this list) > > I'm using e1000 NICs using the 4.3.15 driver (I'm using the > 82546 chipset > Pro/1000 MT/MF adapters) on a 2.4.18 kernel > > I'm seeing a lot of receive errors when working under heavy > load (specSFS to > be exact) with either Jumbo frames or normal frames. > > We've been trying to tweak the IntDelay parameters and Descriptors to > resolve this, to no avail. > > When working under 4.1.7 driver with older NICs there are no > errors, but > performance is much lower as well. > > Can someone point me to recommended configurations for > various workloads, or > other means of handling this problem ? > > Thanks, > > Yuval Yeret > Exanet > yuval@exanet.com > http://www.exanet.com > Tel. 972-9-9717782 > Fax. 972-9-9717778 > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe > linux-net" in the body of a message to > majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
