On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 17:18:13 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7278 > > Summary: forcedeth slowed down by traffic shaping > Kernel Version: 2.6.16 > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Submitter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > When assigninig a simple Tocket Bucket Filter (TBF) classless trafic shaping > policy to the eth0 device (provided by forcedeth), the device's upstream speed > drops to ~12kbyte/s, regardless of the traffic limit I set in the shaping > rule. > In fact, the traffic limit values could be larger than the connection's > throughput and it'll still limit to mere 12kbyte/s. Once I revert the rule to > pfifo_fast, the rate resumes to the connection's real one (64kbyte/s). > > If I set the TBF lower than 96kbit on eth0, it indeed applies; in other > words, I > can make the connection slower than 12kbyte/s but not faster. > > If I assign the same rule to ppp0, it works just as intended, for rules higher > than 12kbyte/s, leading me to believe forcedeth has something to do with it. > > (Is there any module parameter I can try tweaking?) > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
