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Date:      Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:19:35 -0700
From:      hiren panchasara <hiren@strugglingcoder.info>
To:        "Eggert, Lars" <lars@netapp.com>, erj@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ixl 40G bad performance?
Message-ID:  <20151021161935.GF28288@strugglingcoder.info>
In-Reply-To: <99F14384-271F-4543-A7F8-E19F4006998A@netapp.com>
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+ Eric from Intel
(Also trimming the CC list as it wouldn't let me send the message
otherwise.)

On 10/21/15 at 02:59P, Eggert, Lars wrote:
> Hi Jack,
> 
> On 2015-10-21, at 16:14, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The 40G hardware is absolutely dependent on firmware, if you have a mismatch
> > for instance, it can totally bork things. So, I would work with your Intel
> > rep and be sure you have the correct version for your specific hardware.
> 
> I got these tester cards from Amazon, so I don't have a rep.
> 
> I flashed the latest NVM (1.2.5), because previously the FreeBSD driver was complaining about the firmware being too old. But I did that before the experiments.
> 
> If there is anything else I should be doing, I'd appreciate being put in contact with someone at Intel who can help.

Eric,

Can you think of anything else that could explain this low performance?

Cheers,
Hiren

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