diff -urN linux.old/drivers/net/via-rhine.c linux.dev/drivers/net/via-rhine.c
--- linux.old/drivers/net/via-rhine.c	2006-06-08 20:21:20.000000000 +0200
+++ linux.dev/drivers/net/via-rhine.c	2006-06-08 20:19:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
    These may be modified when a driver module is loaded. */
 
 static int debug = 1;	/* 1 normal messages, 0 quiet .. 7 verbose. */
-static int max_interrupt_work = 20;
+static int max_interrupt_work = 20000;
 
 /* Set the copy breakpoint for the copy-only-tiny-frames scheme.
    Setting to > 1518 effectively disables this feature. */