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List:       linux-net
Subject:    Re: ppp
From:       Jauder Ho <jauderho () netcom ! com>
Date:       1996-09-26 18:06:51
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should I still use irqtune even with the irq changes? I am using 2.0.21




On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Russell Berry wrote:

> Maybe I'm grasping for straw here, is there _anybody_ out there that can
> give me a definitive answer as to why ppp performance degrades steadily?
> 
> I can initiate a ppp session with my isp, things are great, everything is
> fine.  After a half hour or so, the performance begins to decline, it only
> gets worse and worse, until after several hours it becomes completely annoying
> and I shut it down and restart a new session, which will be fine, but seems to 
> degrade quicker than the first.  The third session degrades quicker than the
> second, etc.  Until I reboot the system and start all over.
> 
> ppp was good in 2.0.14, especially with irqtune.  But ftape was broken, then
> around 18 ftape was fixed and the memory eater went away, but irq.h changed and
> ppp sucked.  So 2.0.18 with the irq.h patched from 14 was a nice combination for
> me.  I've since moved up, 19, 20, 21.  The ppp seems to be getting worse, again.
> especially in the transition from 20 to 21, I mean really bad.  I still can't
> build my sound as module either.
> 
> Oh well, I suppose I'll stick with 20.  I just fear that with the advent of 2.1
> we won't be getting any more fixes in 2.0.
> 
> 
> ---russ
> 

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