From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 3 16:23:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AB05106568F for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 16:23:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D77DC8FC0A for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 16:23:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o03GN79u053239; Sun, 3 Jan 2010 11:23:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <201001031623.o03GN79u053239@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:23:10 -0500 To: Michael =?iso-8859-1?Q?T=FCxen?= From: Mike Tancsa In-Reply-To: <715F260A-A537-475E-BDFA-D2B566840500@lurchi.franken.de> References: <969646.48748.qm@web63905.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <201001031428.o03ESWf2052691@lava.sentex.ca> <715F260A-A537-475E-BDFA-D2B566840500@lurchi.franken.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Barney Cordoba , jfvogel@gmail.com, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: igb interrupt moderation X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:23:09 -0000 At 11:13 AM 1/3/2010, Michael T=FCxen wrote: > > > > Just a separate datapoint about this driver, unless I apply > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/igb/igb.buf.patch6 > > > > the driver is not really usable for me in=20 > RELENG_8 on the dual port version of the card >Could you elaborate on what you mean by "not really usable"? Hi, Some link state issues (getting confused=20 about what port is up), problems at high packet=20 rates. I dont have this card in production, but=20 in my test environment it was much more stable on=20 RELENG_8 with the above patch in that I was not=20 able to wedge the box. pps rates were pretty ok on a low end i7 as well. ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike