Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 00:53:14 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: sreehari <sreeharisreedev1@gmail.com> Cc: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>, "FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org" <FreeBSD-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 12.2-RC1: RTL8251/8153 1000BASE-T seemingly stuck at 100Mbps Message-ID: <20201008075314.GU4213@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFZnm=z9-sE0y4vDBTrfbq%2BLPWTHTsm_Pn2eNGZaPeSR193yMQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFZnm=zK3-WwTKxkb-kzWo7gvzvbpT0H5NCz28na_DwfzZDWwQ@mail.gmail.com> <20201007223858.GS4213@funkthat.com> <20201008043602.GV53210@home.opsec.eu> <20201008063620.GT4213@funkthat.com> <CAFZnm=z9-sE0y4vDBTrfbq%2BLPWTHTsm_Pn2eNGZaPeSR193yMQ@mail.gmail.com>
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sreehari wrote this message on Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 23:56 -0700: > I see. Since I have the hardware and freebsd head seems broken on my > laptop, I'll try compiling stable/12 with the ure patch from head within > the next few days. I have gigabit internet and other machines to test the > ethernet with the full 1000Mbps. Are there any actions you suggest I take > to benchmark or stress test the hardware or make sure everything is working > properly? Nothing in particular... iperf or iperf3 works well... do normal transfers and make sure you don't see packet drops that are unexpected (checksumming was enabled)... If you have vlans, use those... Just be aware of any unexpected behaviors.. Thanks for the additional testing! And letting mek now that it works is useful! > On Wed, Oct 7, 2020, 23:36 John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote: > > > Kurt Jaeger wrote this message on Thu, Oct 08, 2020 at 06:36 +0200: > > > > sreehari wrote this message on Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 21:02 -0700: > > > > > I have a USB C hub that supports gigabit ethernet under any other OS, > > > > > but under FreeBSD it seems to detect it properly, but I never get > > > > > speeds exceeding 100Mbps transfer rate on the whole thing. Is this a > > > > > known issue? Also is there any way to check what the perceived link > > > > > speed is? I've attached dmesg.boot if that helps. > > > > > > > > This is a known issue w/ the ure driver on FreeBSD. This has been > > > > fixed in -current, and in a few months I'll look at merging it to > > > > stable/12, but it definitly will not make the 12.2 release: > > > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D25809 > > > > > > The changes seem to be limited to the driver itself -- is some > > > structural change in 13 stopping a merge to 12.2 ? > > > > The issue is that IMO, it's too close to the release of 12.2. It only > > recently got committed to 13, and so hasn't had enough time to be tested > > in more environments than mine. There have been a few others that have > > tested it. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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