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Date:      Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:09:44 +0900
From:      Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@FreeBSD.org>
To:        pyunyh@gmail.com
Cc:        Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@freebsd.org>, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CFT: axe(4) performance patch
Message-ID:  <20090918080944.23532c80.nork@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090917170849.GL1155@michelle.cdnetworks.com>
References:  <20090914193722.GD1155@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20090918000657.099df7c4.nork@FreeBSD.org> <20090917170849.GL1155@michelle.cdnetworks.com>

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Hi pyun!

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:08:49 -0700
Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 	patched:	AX88178, AX88172, AX88772 <-> bge
> > 			 60Mbps,  60Mbps,  25Mbps
> > 	patched:	AX88178, AX88172, AX88772 <-> rl
> > 			 90Mbps,  60Mbps,  40Mbps
> > 	old:		AX88178, AX88172, AX88772 <-> bge
> > 			180Mbps,  90Mbps,  95Mbps
> > 	old:		AX88178, AX88172, AX88772 <-> re
> > 			180Mbps,  90Mbps,  95Mbps
> I'm not sure I understood the test environment.
> But it looks un-patched axe(4) performs better, right?

	Yes.  I think that these are strange.

> One odd thing is performance differences for AX88172. My patch does
> not touch AX88172 controller but your benchmark shows big
> differences for AX88172. Are you sure you didn't apply other
> patches for axe(4)/USB stack? Ehh, I was wrong, there was a change

	No I don't apply any patch to axe/usb.

> for AX88172. The bufsize was changed to 16KB from 2KB for AX88172,
> that was not my intention. It seems new USB stack has no easy way
> to configure this parameter in attach phase so I used 16KB. Would
> you try changing the value to MCLBYTES(aorund line number 208 in
> patched if_axe.c) and test it on AX88172?

	I'll try, please wait a while.

> Also please let me know what netperf parameters were used in the
> test.

	Simple-fully, it's all default.

	Server:	netserver
	Client:	netperf -H Server

> > 	Ummmm, I'll try to update old(rl) machine to pached, and re-test.
> > 	Thank you.
> It seems you have all three variants that axe(4) supports, so would
> you test "http://p4db.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=168602"?

	Yes, too!

	Thank you.



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