Re: odd behavior with r8169 and pcap

[Francois Romieu]

Terry Griffin <terryg@xxxxxxxxx> :
[...]
> So the obvious questions are: Is this a known problem? Why the
> heck does it do this? Is there a fix or workaround to get the
> high rate all the time other than running a pcap utility 24x7?

1 - not really
2 - details please:
    - which kernel versions have been tested ?
    - when did the bahavior appear first ?
    - which compiler version ?
    - can you provide a short description of the hardware ?
    - lspci -vx, lsmod, dmesg after boot, /proc/interrupts, vmstat 1
      for a few seconds when ok/nok will be welcome
3 - can it be reproduced with latest -bk ?

Please Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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