From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 13 04:21:27 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4480106566C for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:21:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84C508FC16 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:21:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so3693987wxd.7 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:21:26 -0700 (PDT) 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=SgAe8qu4QdZk2x6spuo+ZO7vlCFTNt6HaOW5JE9GcYk=; b=GFWOuMJgexLwXm/lkv7BFUVDObhMg0Du1S73UyzWX14lRDOEXpEX48dLqxtaR3W/OESf9F/AQ3VWPX0LGNAlmeMw3e/KzVk79HttMVLX7ZR/Wty4qLqxYxMitBViKc5XThA0pE9Sc7RbDcHGJr7QjDLMO5y7JhG3K8RCbrODvrY= 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=RhxhljFX8JO/kg3iGXyn/Q67IEzTEKS2RsxqToGseXwgbPZWNwLQku8n3Z5+/3+ehj8Dc2kZlDUa9r/Pnr1e1dwXugRXfr5qnXdKHpP1ZSr+OtGZQYDmxs4lSxKQfMitwdPI1JX87XyB27eaApoSbMDHTO15LeO8VTqfp+9fo94= Received: by 10.150.201.13 with SMTP id y13mr5092224ybf.100.1205382086615; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:21:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr ( [211.53.35.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm17648764wrl.21.2008.03.12.21.21.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:21:25 -0700 (PDT) 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 m2D4LJWL017983 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:21:19 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Received: (from yongari@localhost) by michelle.cdnetworks.co.kr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Submit) id m2D4LJmQ017982; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:21:19 +0900 (KST) (envelope-from pyunyh@gmail.com) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:21:19 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon To: Outback Dingo Message-ID: <20080313042119.GI16972@cdnetworks.co.kr> References: <20080310043412.GA4425@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20080310073150.GC4425@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20080313034321.GG16972@cdnetworks.co.kr> <5635aa0d0803122106x232fd34tf3e352f0af0477cb@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5635aa0d0803122106x232fd34tf3e352f0af0477cb@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for testers : age(4), Attansic/Atheros L1 gigabit ethernet controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pyunyh@gmail.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:21:27 -0000 On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 12:06:07AM -0400, Outback Dingo wrote: > This is only for the L1 chipset right, and it does not function for th L2 Yes. > chips right? is it be possible to function on the L2 10/100 chip also ? > Yes, if I have L2 hardware. Note, L2 requires a different driver. > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Pyun YongHyeon wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 04:31:50PM +0900, To freebsd-current@FreeBSD.orgwrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 01:34:12PM +0900, To > > freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Due to high pressure from FreeBSD user community to get a working > > > > driver for Attansic/Atheros L1 giagabit ethernet I had changed > > > > priorities in my TODO list. I had spent several weeks to write > > > > this driver and I managed to get a working driver. From my very > > > > limited testing the driver seems to work as expected. > > > > > > > > ATM the performance is horrible so there must be mis-programmed > > > > registers or incorrectly configured parameters. Due to the > > > > existence several variants of L1 hardware and lack of publicly > > > > available documentation I'd like to know how many variants are > > > > supported by this driver. L1 gigabit ethernet controller is > > > > frequently found in ASUS motherboard. Note, it seems that there are > > > > other variants of hardware as known as L2(Fast ethernet) and newer > > > > gigabit ethernet(AR81xx) from Atheros. These are not supported by > > > > this driver and they require a seperate driver. The following > > > > hardware features are supported by age(4). > > > > > > > > - TCP Segmentation Offload. > > > > - Hardware VLAN tag insertion/stripping. > > > > - TCP/UDP checksum offload. > > > > - Interrupt moderation. > > > > - Hardware statistics counter support. > > > > - Jumbo frame support. > > > > - WOL support. > > > > > > > > As I said, I already know poor performance issue of age(4) but I'm > > > > more interested in getting a stable driver. If you're owner of L1 > > > > gigabit ethernet controller please give it spin and let me know > > > > how it goes on your system. > > > > > > > > Install: > > > > o Get age(4) jumbo diff at the following URL. The diff was > > > > generated against HEAD but I guess it would also apply to RELENG_7 > > > > and 7.0-RELEASE. > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/age/age.HEAD.diff > > > > > > For 7.0-RELEASE, use the following URL. > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/age/age.7.0R.diff > > > > > > > It seems that previous version have a bug in getting ethernet > > hardware address. To diagnose it I've updated age(4) again and > > put updated files to the same URL. > > > > For CURRENT: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/age/age.HEAD.diff > > For RELENG_7/7.0-RELEASE: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/age/age.7.0R.diff > > > > > > o Patch kernel srouce and rebuild/reboot your kernel. > > > > #cd /usr/src > > > > #patch -p0 < /path/to/age.HEAD.diff > > > > > > > > Test: > > > > Use age(4) for your normal network activities and report success or > > > > any issues you've encountered. The driver may be chatty to ease of > > > > debugging. > > > > > > -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon