Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:15:34 +0200 From: Pieter de Goeje <pieter@degoeje.nl> To: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> Cc: pyunyh@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new sk driver [was: nve timeout (and down) regression?] Message-ID: <200604012115.34407.pieter@degoeje.nl> In-Reply-To: <200603281537.54522.joao@matik.com.br> References: <20060324223317.2069564f@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <200603281638.11650.pieter@degoeje.nl> <200603281537.54522.joao@matik.com.br>
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On Tuesday 28 March 2006 20:37, you wrote: > On Tuesday 28 March 2006 11:38, Pieter de Goeje wrote: > > I can't really tell if the performance is impaired by mpsafenet=3D0, > > because the box is mostly busy doing userland stuff. Typical traffic > > looks like this: > > > > > > I'm going to test the new driver to see if I can disable mpsafenet. To = be > > specific on the NIC: > > > > skc0@pci0:10:0: class=3D0x020000 card=3D0x811a1043 chip=3D0x432011ab re= v=3D0x13 > > hdr=3D0x00 > > vendor =3D 'Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)' > > device =3D '88E8001/8003/8010 Gigabit Ethernet Controller with > > Integrated PHY (copper)' > > class =3D network > > subclass =3D ethernet > > yes, this is the Asus A8V, same here > > may be you consider to try Pyun's driver > > =A0> > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/sk/sk_test/if_sk.c > =A0> > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/sk/sk_test/if_skreg.h > > and run yours without mpsafenet ? > > I have no clue what a game server requires. I tried anything even generic > kernel and no sysctls/loader.conf values set in order to see if something > else is wrong. Also I have lots of this machines and any of them same > result. > > > > Jo=E3o > I have the system running for 3 days straight now with the new driver, howe= ver=20 the problem described earlier still exists. I still need to use mpsafenet= =3D0.=20 Other than that, the driver seems fine. No timeouts whatsoever. I was=20 thinking, maybe it isn't the network driver but the linux compatibility lay= er=20 that has problems with SMP. Pieter de Goeje
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