Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:18:24 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Intel EM tuning (PT1000 adaptors) Message-ID: <200701301719.l0UHJ1Kk002345@lava.sentex.ca>
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On one of my servers (RELENG_6 as of yesterday), I am seeing what
appears to be RX overruns. Load avg does not seem to be high, and the
only odd thing I have done to the kernel is defined
#define EM_FAST_INTR 1
The man page talks about setting hw.em.* vars, but but does not
discuss any of the tunables via dev.em.*. Is there anything that can
be tuned there to improve performance ? Also, the man page talks
about various controllers having different max values. How do I know
what this particular card has available as it seems to have a
controller (82572GI) not mentioned in the man page.
# sysctl -a dev.em.2
dev.em.2.%desc: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.2.9
dev.em.2.%driver: em
dev.em.2.%location: slot=0 function=0
dev.em.2.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x8086 device=0x105e subvendor=0x8086
subdevice=0x115e class=0x020000
dev.em.2.%parent: pci1
dev.em.2.debug_info: -1
dev.em.2.stats: -1
dev.em.2.rx_int_delay: 0
dev.em.2.tx_int_delay: 66
dev.em.2.rx_abs_int_delay: 66
dev.em.2.tx_abs_int_delay: 66
dev.em.2.rx_processing_limit: 100
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Adapter hardware address = 0xc4b6f948
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: CTRL = 0x80c0241 RCTL = 0x8002
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Packet buffer = Tx=16k Rx=32k
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Flow control watermarks high =
30720 low = 29220
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: tx_int_delay = 66, tx_abs_int_delay = 66
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: rx_int_delay = 0, rx_abs_int_delay = 66
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: fifo workaround = 0, fifo_reset_count = 0
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: hw tdh = 246, hw tdt = 246
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Num Tx descriptors avail = 231
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Tx Descriptors not avail1 = 0
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Tx Descriptors not avail2 = 0
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Std mbuf failed = 0
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Std mbuf cluster failed = 0
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Driver dropped packets = 0
Jan 30 11:04:31 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Driver tx dma failure in encap = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Excessive collisions = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Sequence errors = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Defer count = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Missed Packets = 47990
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Receive No Buffers = 2221
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Receive Length Errors = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Receive errors = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Crc errors = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Alignment errors = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Carrier extension errors = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: RX overruns = 61
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: watchdog timeouts = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: XON Rcvd = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: XON Xmtd = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: XOFF Rcvd = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: XOFF Xmtd = 0
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Good Packets Rcvd = 126019287
Jan 30 11:04:40 FW4a-tor kernel: em2: Good Packets Xmtd = 78181054
em2@pci1:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x115e8086 chip=0x105e8086
rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'PRO/1000 PT'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
em3@pci1:0:1: class=0x020000 card=0x115e8086 chip=0x105e8086
rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
device = 'PRO/1000 PT'
class = network
subclass = ethernet
em2: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.2.9> port
0x9000-0x901f mem 0xd1020000-0xd103ffff,0xd1000000-0xd101ffff
irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci1
em2: Ethernet address: 00:15:17:0b:46:7c
em2: [FAST]
em3: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection Version - 6.2.9> port
0x9400-0x941f mem 0xd1040000-0xd105ffff,0xd1060000-0xd107ffff
irq 19 at device 0.1 on pci1
em3: Ethernet address: 00:15:17:0b:46:7d
em3: [FAST]
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Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400
Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net
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Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike
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