Why does bnx2 driver shipped with RHEL5.4 result in many dropped packets?
Issue
- Why does
bnx2driver shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 4 results in high packet drop? - ifconfig command reports 'RX' packet drops and the same is reported as
rx_fw_discardsbyethtool -S ethX
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
- Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM570X Gigabit Ethernet
- Kernel driver:
bnx2
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