On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:38:39 -0400
Todd Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:53:03 -0700, Stephen Hemminger
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > There is a receive problem that shows up under load, that is fixed
> > in the latest version (2.6.18 git), the patch is queued for the stable
> > tree as well.
>
> I have hand-patched this in my 2.6.17.6 kernel. It seems better
> (no hard wedge yet), but there are still definitely problems.
>
> The most obvious place is in firefox; for example, the front page
> of slashdot half-renders (all the borders, no stories) and then sits
> "loading" for eternity. Ditto the online package database at
> gentoo.org. I'm seeing similar behavior with other websites as well.
> It's consistant, too; I haven't been able to view the slashdot front
> page since booting a 2.6.17 kernel.
I suspect that probably isn't a sky2 driver problem.
Does it go away if you turn of TCP window scaling:
sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0
If so, you probably have a middlebox in your path that is not correctly
handling TCP window scaling. OpenBSD seems to be particularly bad.
>
> If I boot with the 2.6.16.9 kernel, I don't seem to get that
> problem until the network actually hangs.
>
> Todd.
>
> --
> Todd Showalter
> Silverbirch Studios
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