Bug 155258 - xircom_cb much slower than xircom_tulip_cb
Summary: xircom_cb much slower than xircom_tulip_cb
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-04-18 16:55 UTC by Chris Tracy
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:18 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-08-26 07:29:04 UTC
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Description Chris Tracy 2005-04-18 16:55:32 UTC
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Description of problem:
I recently upgraded my old Inspiron 5000 from FC1 to FC3.  Since the system
doesn't have built-in Ethernet, I've had a Xircom Cardbus Ethernet PCMCIA card
in it for years.  In FC3, the card uses the xircom_cb driver.

After the upgrade, I discovered that my network throughput had dropped significantly.  Whereas in 2.4.x, I could wget from another system on the LAN at
8-9MB/s (64-72Mbit) in FC3 I'm getting 2-3MB/s (16-24Mbit) from the same system
downloading the same test file.  Out of curiousity, I installed vanilla 2.6.11.7
and observed the same issue using the xircom_cb driver.  However, switching over
to the xircom_tulip_cb driver, my throughput is right back where it was in 2.4.x.

I've reported the issue to the linux-pcmcia list at infradead, but wanted to ask 
that you consider enabling the xircom_tulip_cb module in a future kernel update
to address this issue.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.11-1.14_FC3

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install FC3 on an Inspiron 5000 with a Xircom Cardbus Ethernet PCMCIA card
2. Test throughput
  

Actual Results:  Throughput is much lower than it was in FC1.  (2.4.x)

Expected Results:  Throughput should be as good as 2.4.x.  (xircom_tulip_cb module should be
installed for now as a fallback)

Additional info:

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2005-07-15 20:10:17 UTC
An update has been released for Fedora Core 3 (kernel-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) which
may contain a fix for your problem.   Please update to this new kernel, and
report whether or not it fixes your problem.

If you have updated to Fedora Core 4 since this bug was opened, and the problem
still occurs with the latest updates for that release, please change the version
field of this bug to 'fc4'.

Thank you.

Comment 2 Chris Tracy 2005-08-13 17:19:40 UTC
Unfortunately, this system is now in production using a different card, so I am
currently unable to test the fix in the new kernel.  I don't know that I'll have
an opportunity in the near future, so if you'd like to close the bug for now, I
have no objection.


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