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[Riku Seppälä]

dragoran wrote:
> Riku Seppälä wrote:
>>   8.6% (100.6)       <interrupt> : eth1
>>> which driver does it use? forcedeth?
>> Yes.
> does adding:
> options forcedeth poll_interval=65534
> to your /etc/modprobe.conf help? (you will have to reload the 
> module/reboot).
> if networking stops working just remove the line and reload the module 
> (or reboot) again.
> for me this reduces the wakeup for forcedeth but some broken cards 
> require the polling to work.
>
Yes, now it looks like this:

   0.1% (  1.5)       <interrupt> : eth1