From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Wed Oct 21 16:19:36 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0587DA1BB8A for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:19:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren@strugglingcoder.info) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCD5C10A8 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:19:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren@strugglingcoder.info) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id D998AA1BB89; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:19:35 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D935DA1BB88 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:19:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren@strugglingcoder.info) Received: from mail.strugglingcoder.info (strugglingcoder.info [65.19.130.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail.strugglingcoder.info", Issuer "mail.strugglingcoder.info" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C273110A7; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:19:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hiren@strugglingcoder.info) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.1.1.3]) (Authenticated sender: hiren@strugglingcoder.info) by mail.strugglingcoder.info (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2D74010A844; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:19:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:19:35 -0700 From: hiren panchasara To: "Eggert, Lars" , erj@FreeBSD.org Cc: "net@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: ixl 40G bad performance? Message-ID: <20151021161935.GF28288@strugglingcoder.info> References: <20151020190541.B15983@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <6CD6754D-FC0E-4B24-AAEC-7C9D68284141@netapp.com> <20151020232218.G1833@besplex.bde.org> <12938D48-44B9-456A-AD7C-630D7E09BB35@netapp.com> <99F14384-271F-4543-A7F8-E19F4006998A@netapp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kbCYTQG2MZjuOjyn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <99F14384-271F-4543-A7F8-E19F4006998A@netapp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:19:36 -0000 --kbCYTQG2MZjuOjyn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + 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, >=20 > On 2015-10-21, at 16:14, Jack Vogel wrote: > > The 40G hardware is absolutely dependent on firmware, if you have a mis= match > > for instance, it can totally bork things. So, I would work with your In= tel > > rep and be sure you have the correct version for your specific hardware. >=20 > I got these tester cards from Amazon, so I don't have a rep. >=20 > I flashed the latest NVM (1.2.5), because previously the FreeBSD driver w= as complaining about the firmware being too old. But I did that before the = experiments. >=20 > 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 --kbCYTQG2MZjuOjyn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQF8BAABCgBmBQJWJ7sXXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRBNEUyMEZBMUQ4Nzg4RjNGMTdFNjZGMDI4 QjkyNTBFMTU2M0VERkU1AAoJEIuSUOFWPt/lBWwH/jebXgUhrOqZLIzi+xKtMGAY l3ay6N9UnmofXeukvaiW9JIyjTkr9dWEDFVTFZfIOAIxzsmaRmBLQnfE9x3djgjm HGl/2X2o/WEeJzHQzL2Yt/M0IaYx8N5t/FqPrSvTOPU3JLKUZMxz6sctO7jtsb+A dZYk43vFSZjrOKz/9UJrb8q2qULROzez3s5+2LQb4wDo+3TGYSOiTEx1hfVGDi0K 5Y6fsEMJootPKYlNRjwWkEclXzNof5k2L3tiODrM1/3+MiAQGk1DyWKi5E18sOMc 7EN2aKxOPp4RZLCHuYYAD4x7hzFjBl9B+yL2kcMDJnq/PonMq2CgFurXIaeQm00= =M8/2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kbCYTQG2MZjuOjyn--