Description of problem: Terrible network performance on tulip-based network card. Can't get above about 30k/s transfers on an unloaded 100Mbit LAN. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp Substituting kernel 2.6.15-1.1833_FC4smp solves the problem. Additional info: lspci info for the card: 00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 20) Subsystem: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- Latency: 64 Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 4 Region 0: I/O ports at e800 [size=256] Region 1: Memory at febfdf00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Expansion ROM at feb80000 [disabled] [size=256K]
Is this still a problem w/ current FC5 kernels? If so, please try the FC5.netdev kernels: http://people.redhat.com/linville/kernels/fedora-netdev/ Does the issue still occur with the FC5.netdev kernels?
Yes, it is. I've been using 2.6.16-1.2069_FC4.netdev.13smp for a while, and while the machine acts normally at boot, the problem shows up again after some time has passed, usually a week or two, sometimes a few days. Once it does start up, a soft reboot is not sufficient -- the machine needs to be power-cycled. I am currently installing 2.6.16-1.2122.2.3_FC5.netdev.3 (smp), and will report if I experience any more problem.s
Optimistically presuming that the lack of further complaint indicates improvement of the situation... :-)