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Date:      Thu, 25 Apr 2002 16:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
From:      The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org>
To:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/35720: Patch to vr(4) to fix network load problems
Message-ID:  <200204252310.g3PNA2999967@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR kern/35720; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.dyndns.org>
To: Dominic Marks <dominic_marks@btinternet.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/35720: Patch to vr(4) to fix network load problems
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 19:04:55 -0400

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 On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 04:10:33PM +0100, Dominic Marks wrote:
 > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 08:37:52AM -0400, The Anarcat wrote:
 > > On Wed Apr 24, 2002 at 01:29:36PM +0100, Dominic Marks wrote:
 > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 12:50:52AM -0400, The Anarcat wrote:
 > > > > I had to hack the source to apply the patch on -stable. I can confi=
 rm
 > > > > the fix works on stable, please commit!
 > > >=20
 > > > How much load have you tested this under?
 > >=20
 > > Approximatly as the PR states.
 > >=20
 > > Usually, after transferring around 10MB at >1MB/s, the iface would
 > > hang, that is it was hanging after around 10 or 15 seconds of maxing
 > > the throughput.
 > >=20
 > > Now I am able to transfer a 90MB file without problems. I could run
 > > further tests by transfering missing bits on my mp3 collection, if you
 > > wish. That would put to load on for a longer period.
 >=20
 > I found my fix worked for a period. Much more than the original code.
 > But would still bottle out after about 500MB of continuous throughput.
 > I was wondering if you had the same problems.
 
 I just transfered a 2GB file to test this, and it works
 fine. Throughput has been almost steady at 1MB/s all the time, and no
 hang.
 
 100% |**************************************************|  2394 MB    00:00=
  ETA
 2510619136 bytes sent in 2752,87 seconds (890,62 KB/s)
 
 I'm very happy. :)
 
 Please someone commit this to the tree.
 
 A.
 --=20
 =46rom the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of
 Big Brother, from the age of doublethink - greetings!
 
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