Bug#486793: [linux-image-2.6-686] Networking with RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ is extremely bad

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 09:43:42AM +0200, Sebastian Schleehauf wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6-686
> Version: 2.6.24+13
> Severity: important
>
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> Hello,
>
> I am having lots of trouble with my networking, I am using  
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ so this concerns 8139too or 8139cp(which by the  
> way is not working at all). This has been an issue for quite a while,  
> the last kernel version I can remember not having this issue was 2.6.18  
> right now I am using 2.6.25-2-686 (the result is the same with 2.6.24) .  
> It is extremely slow cause lots of packages get droped, it's not even 10  
> Mbit anymore for downloading, uploading works fine. I will paste the  
> output of cat /proc/net/dev
>
>  eth0:2430459920 1780526 76284 76284 76284     0          0         0  
> 287300795 1386142    0    0    3     0       0          0
>
> As you can see there must be a relation between the fifo and the errors  
> since fifo , drop and errors are the same number. I am sure it is not an  
> issue with cables or the switch since I tried lots of different hardware.
>
> I will attach the output of lspci -vvv as a file as well as the output  
> of lsmod. If there is any further information with wich I can help let  
> me know.

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions?

Cheers,
        Moritz