Bug 599331 - e1000 and e1000e driver behaviour differences [rhel-5.5.z]
Summary: e1000 and e1000e driver behaviour differences [rhel-5.5.z]
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 599332
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 5.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Red Hat Kernel Manager
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Depends On: 586416
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-06-03 07:03 UTC by RHEL Program Management
Modified: 2010-12-07 23:24 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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The e1000 and e1000e drivers for Intel PRO/1000 network devices were updated with an enhanced algorithm for adaptive interrupt modulation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 release. When InterruptThrottleRate was set to "1" (thus enabling the new adaptive mode), certain traffic patterns could have caused high CPU usage. This update provides a way to set InterruptThrottleRate to "4", which switches the mode back to the simpler and non-adaptive algorithm. Doing so may decrease CPU usage by the e1000 and e1000e drivers depending on traffic patterns. Note: you can change the InterruptThrottleRate setting using the ethtool utility by running the following command: ethtool -C ethX rx-usecs 4
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Last Closed: 2010-06-03 17:08:18 UTC
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Description RHEL Program Management 2010-06-03 07:03:11 UTC 
This bug has been copied from bug #586416 and has been proposed
to be backported to 5.5 z-stream (EUS).
Comment 1 Don Howard 2010-06-03 17:08:18 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 599332 ***
Comment 3 Douglas Silas 2010-06-28 20:30:26 UTC 
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

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The e1000 and e1000e drivers for Intel PRO/1000 network devices were updated with an enhanced algorithm for adaptive interrupt modulation in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 release. When InterruptThrottleRate was set to "1" (thus enabling the new adaptive mode), certain traffic patterns could have caused high CPU usage. This update provides a way to set InterruptThrottleRate to "4", which switches the mode back to the simpler and non-adaptive algorithm. Doing so may decrease CPU usage by the e1000 and e1000e drivers depending on traffic patterns.

Note: you can change the InterruptThrottleRate setting using the ethtool utility by running the following command:

    ethtool -C ethX rx-usecs 4
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