Could you try this with PCI cards before we begin digging into the
problem further?
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 02:56:53PM -0700, Ben Kohlen wrote:
> I am running kernel 2.2.19brfw on a 486dx2-66 with 16M
> RAM, a 3c509 (eth0 - connected to internal network)
> and an SMC EtherEZ (smc-ultra.c - eth1 - connected to
> an ADSL "modem") on the ISA bus. It works, but it is
> unbearably slow. Transfers often stall after a short
> period. Even ftp directory listings take 10-15
> seconds, and can die completely.
>
> I saw previous posts mentioning max_interrupt_work
> variable, so I changed this for my 3c509 from the
> default (10) to 128. This improved things a little.
> Increasing the value from 128 to 32*1024 did nothing.
> This variable does not seem to exist in smc-ultra.c,
> or the module it depends on, 8390.c...
>
> On bootup, I allow my cards to be configured with ips
> on boot, and then I run the following commands:
>
> brctl addbr br0
> brctl addif br0 eth0
> brctl addif br0 eth1
> ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
> ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0
> ifconfig br0 216.232.x.x netmask 255.255.248.0
>
> Is there a problem with the configuration, or is a 486
> just too gutless to run the bridging code?
>
> - Ben
>
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