Re: r8169 and out of space

[Nathan Grennan]

Francois Romieu wrote:
> Alistair John Strachan <alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
> [..]
>   
> > No, we have not diagnosed the cause of the problem, beyond the swiotlb usage. 
> > I'm adding the r8169 maintainer, linux-net and linux-kernel to CC, to pass on 
> > your information, I hope you don't mind.
> >     
>
> swiotlb fragmentation perhaps ?
>
> Switching the driver to be page based on Rx would help then.
>
> [...]
>   
> > >   I have a Abit AB9 Pro motherboard with Intel P965 chipset, 4gb of
> > > memory, and two onboard r8169.
> > >       
>
> Which r8169 model exactly ?
>
>   
Here is some of the output from lspci -vv.

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
       Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 240b
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
       Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Unknown device 240b


I think I fixed the the 5924 vs 7200 issue by upgrading to 
kernel-2.6.23.13-104.fc8.x86_64.
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