From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 18 11:59:12 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED68B16A468 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:59:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (pointyhat.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 869EB13C448; Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:59:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <47402910.4060909@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 12:59:12 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jonathan Horne References: <200711161921.59936.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <200711161921.59936.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: very poor NFS performance from a beta3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:59:13 -0000 Jonathan Horne wrote: > i updated my workstatino to beta3, and then got on a 6.2-p8 machine and > mounted /usr/src and /usr/obj from the beta3. tried to installkernel, but > it moved as painful pace. would get to the point where it moves kernel to > kernel.old, and would just pause for a long time. file transfer showed about > 104k. > > i took this same 6.2-p8 box, and mounted src and obj from my main 6.2 build > server, and reinstalled the 6.2-p8 kernel, and speed was as expected. > > is there anywhere i can being looking to troubleshoot this problem (as to why > the 7.0b3 would serve NFS so slowly)? This is usually because your NIC has mis-negotiated and is unable to pass packets properly. Kris