I'm running a stock kernel 2.6.7-bk8 on an up-to-date (as much as
possible) testing box and I too notice performance issues with Ethernet
compared to kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7. I'm running Asus A7N8X-VM/400
NForce2 chipset. I have DSL and usually hover around 50Kbps with all my
machines and since I went with 2.6.7-bk8, I've yet to see the box do much
over 30Kbps.
I do not see any TX or RX errors when I look at ifconfig. Is this where
you were noticing errors?
Regards,
Brian
Package: kernel-image-2.6.7-1-k7
Version: 2.6.7-2
Severity: normal
I'm using an NVidia Nforce ethernet device with the forcedeth module,
and on this kernel version, it for some reason has a very slow data
transfer rate. I have a 100Mbps cable, that works at that speed on all
previous kernel versions, but somehow the connection runs at around
56K/second on this version and records a bunch of transmit and receive
errors.