Description of problem: Running iperf on 100 Mbps NIC slow down system response, resulting in bad transfer ratio (3 - 15 Mbps) in download direction, or in both direction when "vmstat 1" is runnig. This appears since F7. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run vmstat 1 to make worst performance results and see what happens 2. run iperf -s on remote machine 3. run iperf -c <remote machine> -r Actual results: [ 5] local 10.1.224.176 port 56235 connected with 10.1.3.77 port 5001 [ 5] 0.0-10.0 sec 113 MBytes 94.5 Mbits/sec [ 4] local 10.1.224.176 port 5001 connected with 10.1.3.77 port 50328 [ 4] 0.0-10.1 sec 17.0 MBytes 14.1 Mbits/sec - vmstat shows 100% cpu used (over 90% in syscalls), system has a slow response Expected results: 94 Mbps in both directions (iperf), more interrupts and less system time on CPU (vmstat), normal system response Additional info: System with problem is laptop Acer TravelMate 290LCi with updated Fedora 7, using 8139too module. With kernel 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 there is no problem.