From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 17 00:41:03 2008 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 535381065677 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:41:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB5A28FC1E for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:41:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id a1so1265415tib.3 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:41:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=wG8R2pgXFi2AfQCHa2LJOKsQ2dEw1csWL98Yruka5/8=; b=qai5Gp3eGCy3duVm98/iea05aaybILCDONuS+PeWGn00maqYmHZ/XfSwWW+cxVOvX6 I2A3gx929QRYZaeP+ZpCndnBk2ju71UYAdral/RabIbV6tGut+ABnR+OV4BabmtU7B/B zHBx9xV8mLxiEWwTlO88ZA1qi+QRJUuBrqPn4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=fRz6oI21+IWUkicaEzCel4kGfDCPWh5oIEd5uJH6Pfj1jyP39Jn6+xjAlJ5GupzJLi hygqMXLGJ6z2nju2NutMHzVoEJ+a2FGLM0NUTEw4q70vw1BZnh+qt80/UK9vEpQKtypU zTgv2UepeDHUd7ENhtDb5QfpcMnRoeAAB9sJQ= Received: by 10.110.15.19 with SMTP id 19mr4366584tio.57.1226882461679; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:41:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ([211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y5sm8636905tia.13.2008.11.16.16.40.58 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:41:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (localhost.cdnetworks.co.kr [127.0.0.1]) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id mAH0cvPu051062 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:38:57 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id mAH0cuNW051061; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:38:56 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:38:56 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Gabriel Lavoie Message-ID: <20081117003856.GB50872@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Realtek 8139 with rl(4) driver -> Poor performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:41:03 -0000 On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 06:01:58PM -0500, Gabriel Lavoie wrote: > Hello, > I recently built a new system to use as a home server. This system has > an Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200, 4GB RAM and an Asus P5KPL-CM motherboard > which has an Atheros L1E network adapter, not yet supported on FreeBSD. For ale(4) was committed to HEAD. If you're using lastest stable/7 see the following URL. http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/ale/README > now, I use a Realtek 8139 PCI adapter that uses the rl(4) driver, but the > upload performances are really poor (under 1 MB/sec). Is there any way to > improve the performance with this driver? This adapter was in a Linux system > with a Pentium III processor before and I could upload/download at around 10 > MB/sec in my local network with no problem at all. > There was a bus_dma(9) bug in rl(4) and it was fixed in HEAD. How about rl(4) in HEAD? I guess it would build with minor modification. -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon