> > * interrupts (i use irqbalance, but problem was the same without) > > I wonder if you tried without SMP too? No i did not. Do you think that this can be a problem ? To test with no SMP, do i need to recompile kernel or is there a kernel parameter ? .... > BTW, Jean-Baptiste and Chuck - it seems, unless you have too much > time, there is no use for testing my "genirq: fix simple and fasteoi > irq handlers" patch. Well i just tested 2.6.23-rc1 with your patch and copied (using smbclient) big files : Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth2: transmit timed out Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: eth2: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e601. Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: diagnostics: net 0ccc media 8880 dma 0000003a fifo 0000 Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: eth2: Interrupt posted but not delivered -- IRQ blocked by another device? Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 93481(9) current 93481(9) Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: Transmit list 00000000 vs. ffff81007be977a0. Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 0: @ffff81007be97200 length 8000005f status 0001005f Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 1: @ffff81007be972a0 length 8000005f status 0001005f Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 2: @ffff81007be97340 length 8000005f status 0001005f Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 3: @ffff81007be973e0 length 8000005f status 0001005f Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 4: @ffff81007be97480 length 8000003c status 0001003c Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 5: @ffff81007be97520 length 8000003c status 0001003c Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 6: @ffff81007be975c0 length 8000003c status 0001003c Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 7: @ffff81007be97660 length 8000003c status 8001003c Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 8: @ffff81007be97700 length 8000003c status 8001003c Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 9: @ffff81007be977a0 length 8000002a status 0001002a Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 10: @ffff81007be97840 length 8000003a status 0001003a Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 11: @ffff81007be978e0 length 8000005f status 0001005f Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 12: @ffff81007be97980 length 800000be status 0c0100be Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 13: @ffff81007be97a20 length 800000be status 0c0100be Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 14: @ffff81007be97ac0 length 8000005f status 0001005f Aug 7 11:11:53 loki kernel: 15: @ffff81007be97b60 length 8000005f status 0001005f Thanks; Jb - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html