On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 10:08:29AM +0100, Dave Ewart wrote: > I've been seeing the error: > > Aug 18 21:24:59 titan kernel: eth-gig1: too many iterations (6) in > nv_nic_irq. > Aug 18 21:24:59 titan kernel: eth-gig1: too many iterations (6) in > nv_nic_irq. > Aug 18 21:24:59 titan kernel: eth-gig1: too many iterations (6) in > nv_nic_irq. > > in the logs when there is heavy network traffic on my Sarge/amd64 > system. The error is produced by the kernel module forcedeth for the > on-board gigabit ethernet controller. > > Suggestions I've found through googling indicate using the > 'max_interrupt_work' module parameter and setting it to 10, rather than > the default 5. > > My question is: what/where is The Right Place to put this module > parameter setting? I went to /etc/modules.conf first: but a note in > that file indicates it should not be edited directly: > > # Please do not edit this file directly. If you want to change or add > # anything please take a look at the files in /etc/modutils and read > # the manpage for update-modules > > However, the manpage for update-modules says that it is 'deprecated'. > > Would it just be OK to edit /etc/modules.conf to change: > > ... > ... > forcedeth > ... > ... > > to > > ... > ... > forcedeth max_interrupt_work=10 > ... > ... > > ? > > Thoughts and suggestions welcome. I have mine in /etc/profile.d/alex (thats were I place all my module stuf) install forcedeth /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install forcedeth ; /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol umbg options forcedeth max_interrupt_work=15 options forcedeth optimization_mode=0 I found placing max_interrupt_work=15 worked better for me, I was burning dvd's across Gige Memory servers me correctly optimization_mode = 0 uses card off loading I think > > Dave. > > -- > Dave Ewart > davee@ceu.ox.ac.uk > Computing Manager, Cancer Epidemiology Unit > Cancer Research UK / Oxford University > PGP: CC70 1883 BD92 E665 B840 118B 6E94 2CFD 694D E370 > Get key from http://www.ceu.ox.ac.uk/~davee/davee-ceu-ox-ac-uk.asc > N 51.7518, W 1.2016
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