# Re: Network oops

- From: Mala Anand \<hidden\>
- Date: 2002-06-12 16:58:30 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2002/06/10732055
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2002/06/10732055/t.md

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>> On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Mala Anand wrote:

>>  I have seen this problem with this NIC.  You need to increase
>> the number of buffers in the RX and TX ring in eepro100.c file.
>> Right now it is set to 32, change it to 256 or 128 this error
>> will go away.

> Donald Becker wrote:
>Changing the Tx queue size or number of Rx skbuffs waiting to be filled
>will not fix a problem.  It might mask some problem e.g. a temporary
>shortage of skbuffs, but it doesn't fix anything.

The problem what I saw was resource problem and as a result I had packet
drops.  The
input rate was high and the driver didn't have enough resources to handle.
It was a pure resource problem.
--

Regards,
    Mala


   Mala Anand
   E-mail:manand@us.ibm.com
   Linux Technology Center - Performance
   Phone:838-8088; Tie-line:678-8088
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