Re: [SQU] HELP!

This is most likely a buggy NIC driver. Have had lots of strange
problems with various Intel EtherExpress cards on Linux..

Recommendation: Try some other brand of NIC for which a better driver is
provided.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
Jay Lee wrote:
> 
> I have a squid server running on below details.
> 
> RedHat 7.0
> Squid 2.3 stable 4
> 
> Pentium III 650
> 256MB RAM
> 3 Segate Barracuda 18X Ultra2 SCSI
> Intel Ethernet card.SB82558B
> 
> Using wccp module.
> 
> I have two questions.
> 1. CPU load gets up to more than 2 easily when the traffic get more than
> 5-6Mbps(Both up and downstream). Sometimes up to even 3. Is this normal?
> 
> 2. I get messages like..
> 
> kernel: eth0: can't fill rx buffer (force 0)!
> kernel: eth0: can't fill rx buffer (force 1)!
> .... repeats alot...
> 
> so I thought there are some problem with the ethernet card and changed
> to d-link 500TX. But this card also gave me strange messages like..
> 
> kernel: eth0: Somthing Wicked happened! 0009.
> kernel: eth0: Somthing Wicked happened! 0008.
> kernel: eth0: Somthing Wicked happened! 0009.
> kernel: eth0: Somthing Wicked happened! 0009.
> ......
> 
> then I changed the ethernet card to d-link 530TX.. but this card didnt
> give any messages and I have found out by typing ifconfig that any
> incoming packet is dropped.
> 
> Any idea what is wrong??
> 
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