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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:49:59 +0100
From:      Michael Class <michael_class@hp.com>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Network performance-problem 
Message-ID:  <3A3DDDC7.6F2540B7@hp.com>

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Hello,

i am seeing a problem with 5.0-current (from 14.12.00) and a 3COM
3CCFE575CT Lancard (pc-cardbus) using the xl-driver. It goes as follows:

I am using the 3COM-card in a 10MB-switched network. Occasionally 
someone is doing big network installs via multicast IP-packets. This
is done with almost the full 10MB-Bandwidth. On all the other computers
I have, I do see a big network-performance degration during that times,
but they are still somewhat usable. This is true for HPUX 10.20 , 11.0
and NT 4.0 machines. My Laptop (HP OB4150) unfortunately is network-
wise totally blocked during these times. In addition I am getting 
messages like:

xl0: watchdog timeout
xl0: watchdog timeout
xl0: no carrier - transceiver cable problem?
xl0: watchdog timeout
xl0: watchdog timeout
xl0: no carrier - transceiver cable problem?

Why behaves my FreeBSD-machines worse then the other boxes? Any Ideas?

TIA

Michael


Attached are the Kernel-Config-file and the dmesg output.
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Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #2: Thu Dec 14 11:13:18 CET 2000
    michaelc@tmbbobmc.bbn.hp.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MCOBTEST
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (397.05-MHz 686-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x66a  Stepping = 10
  Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
real memory  = 201326592 (196608K bytes)
avail memory = 191971328 (187472K bytes)
Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc03a5000.
Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
md0: Malloc disk
Using $PIR table, 6 entries at 0xc00fdf60
apm0: <APM BIOS> on motherboard
apm0: found APM BIOS v1.2, connected at v1.2
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> at pcibus 0 on motherboard
pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib1: <PCI-PCI bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
vga_pci0: <VGA-compatible display device> mem 0xfec00000-0xfecfffff,0xfe800000-0xfebfffff,0xfd000000-0xfdffffff irq 9 at device 0.0 on pci1
pci1: <multimedia, audio> at 0.1 (no driver attached)
pccbb0: <TI1220 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0
pccbb0: PCI Memory allocated: 18020000
pci_cfgintr_unique: hard-routed to irq 10
pci_cfgintr: 0:4 INTA routed to irq 10
cardbus0: <Cardbus bus (newcard)> on pccbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on pccbb0
pccbb1: <TI1220 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 4.1 on pci0
pccbb1: PCI Memory allocated: 18021000
pci_cfgintr_unique: hard-routed to irq 10
pci_cfgintr: 0:4 INTB routed to irq 10
cardbus1: <Cardbus bus (newcard)> on pccbb1
pccard1: <16-bit PCCard bus> on pccbb1
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xfcf0-0xfcff at device 7.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> irq 10 at device 7.2 on pci0
uhci0: Could not map ports
device_probe_and_attach: uhci0 attach returned 6
pci0: <bridge, PCI-unknown> at 7.3 (no driver attached)
fdc0: <NEC 72065B or clone> at port 0x3f0-0x3f5,0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
sc0: <System console> on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x200>
sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
pmtimer0 on isa0
unknown: <PNP0303> can't assign resources
unknown: <PNP0501> can't assign resources
pcm0: <Neomagic 256AV (non-ac97)> at port 0x220-0x22f,0x530-0x537,0x388-0x38f,0x120-0x121 irq 5 drq 0,1 on isa0
unknown: <PNP0f13> can't assign resources
unknown: <PNP0700> can't assign resources
IP packet filtering initialized, divert enabled, rule-based forwarding enabled, default to accept, unlimited logging
ata1-slave: ata_command: timeout waiting for intr
ata1-slave: identify failed
ad0: 9590MB <IBM-DCXA-210000> [19485/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
acd0: DVD-ROM <TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2202> at ata1-master using PIO4
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
pccbb0: card inserted: event=0x00000000, state=30000820
pccbb0: pccbb_power: CARD_VCC_0V and CARD_VPP_0V [44]
pccbb0: pccbb_power: CARD_VCC_3V and CARD_VPP_VCC [11]
TUPLE: LINKTARGET [3]: 43 49 53
Manufacturer ID: 01015752
TUPLE: CONFIG_CB [6]: 03 01 00 00 00 00
TUPLE: CFTABLE_ENTRY_CB [13]: 41 9a 01 b5 1e 01 b5 1e 02 30 ff ff 01
cardbus0: Opening BAR: type=IO, bar=10, len=0040
Product version: 5.0
Product name: 3Com Corporation | 3CCFE575CT | LAN Cardbus Card | 004 | 
Functions: Network Adaptor, Memory
xl0: <3Com 3c575C Fast Etherlink XL> port 0x3000-0x307f mem 0x18040000-0x1805ffff,0x18022080-0x180220ff,0x18022000-0x1802207f irq 10 at device 0.0 on cardbus0
xl0: Ethernet address: 00:00:86:5b:96:ea
miibus0: <MII bus> on xl0
ukphy0: <Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface> on miibus0
ukphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
pccbb1: removal of nonexistant card!
/dev/vmmon: Module vmmon: registered with major=200 minor=0 tag=$Name: build-570 $
/dev/vmmon: Module vmmon: initialized
xl0: watchdog timeout
xl0: watchdog timeout
xl0: no carrier - transceiver cable problem?
xl0: watchdog timeout
xl0: watchdog timeout
xl0: no carrier - transceiver cable problem?

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#
# MCOB4150 -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386
#
# For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on
# Kernel Configuration Files:
#
#    http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig-config.html
#
# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
# if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
# FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
# latest information.
#
# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
# device lines is also present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are
# in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT.
#
# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.262 2000/06/25 09:18:07 markm Exp $

machine		i386
#cpu		I386_CPU
#cpu		I486_CPU
#cpu		I586_CPU
cpu		I686_CPU
ident		MCOBTEST
maxusers	64

hints		"MCOB4150.hints"	#Default places to look for devices.

makeoptions	DEBUG=-g		#Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols

#options 	MATH_EMULATE		#Support for x87 emulation
options 	INET			#InterNETworking
#options 	INET6			#IPv6 communications protocols
options 	FFS			#Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options 	FFS_ROOT		#FFS usable as root device [keep this!]
options 	SOFTUPDATES		#Enable FFS soft updates support
options 	MFS			#Memory Filesystem
options 	MD_ROOT			#MD is a potential root device
options 	NFS			#Network Filesystem
options 	NFS_ROOT		#NFS usable as root device, NFS required
options 	MSDOSFS			#MSDOS Filesystem
options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
options 	CD9660_ROOT		#CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required
options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem
options 	COMPAT_43		#Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
#options 	SCSI_DELAY=15000	#Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options 	UCONSOLE		#Allow users to grab the console
#options 	USERCONFIG		#boot -c editor
#options 	VISUAL_USERCONFIG	#visual boot -c editor
options 	KTRACE			#ktrace(1) support
options 	SYSVSHM			#SYSV-style shared memory
options 	SYSVMSG			#SYSV-style message queues
options 	SYSVSEM			#SYSV-style semaphores
options 	P1003_1B		#Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions
options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
options 	KBD_INSTALL_CDEV	# install a CDEV entry in /dev
#options 	DEVFS

# To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed
#options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
#options 	APIC_IO			# Symmetric (APIC) I/O
# Optionally these may need tweaked, (defaults shown):
#options 	NCPU=2			# number of CPUs
#options 	NBUS=8			# number of busses
#options 	NAPIC=1			# number of IO APICs
#options 	NINTR=24		# number of INTs

device		isa
#device		eisa
device		pci
device 		pccard
#options 	COMPAT_OLDISA		# compatability shims for lnc, fe, le
#options 	COMPAT_OLDPCI		# compatability shims for lnc, vx

# Floppy drives
device		fdc

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device		ata
device		atadisk			# ATA disk drives
device		atapicd			# ATAPI CDROM drives
#device		atapifd			# ATAPI floppy drives
#device		atapist			# ATAPI tape drives
options 	ATA_STATIC_ID		#Static device numbering
#options 	ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA	#Enable DMA on ATAPI devices

# SCSI Controllers
#device		ahb		# EISA AHA1742 family
#device		ahc		# AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
#device		amd		# AMD 53C974 (Teckram DC-390(T))
#device		dpt		# DPT Smartcache - See LINT for options!
#device		isp		# Qlogic family
#device		ncr		# NCR/Symbios Logic
#device		sym		# NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets)

#device		adv
#device		adw
#device		bt
#device		aha	1
#device		aic

# SCSI peripherals
#device		scbus		# SCSI bus (required)
#device		da		# Direct Access (disks)
#device		sa		# Sequential Access (tape etc)
#device		cd		# CD
#device		pass		# Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)

# RAID controllers
#device		ida		# Compaq Smart RAID
#device		amr		# AMI MegaRAID
#device		mlx		# Mylex DAC960 family

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device		atkbdc	1
device		atkbd
device		psm

device		vga

# splash screen/screen saver
device		splash

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
device		sc	1

# Enable this for the pcvt (VT220 compatible) console driver
#device		vt
#options 	XSERVER			# support for X server on a vt console
#options 	FAT_CURSOR		# start with block cursor
# If you have a ThinkPAD, uncomment this along with the rest of the PCVT lines
#options 	PCVT_SCANSET=2		# IBM keyboards are non-std

# Floating point support - do not disable.
device		npx

# Power management support (see LINT for more options)
device		apm
device		pmtimer

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
#device		card
#device		pcic
device  	cardbus
device 		pccbb

# Serial (COM) ports
device		sio

# Parallel port
device		ppc
device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
device		lpt		# Printer
#device		plip		# TCP/IP over parallel
#device		ppi		# Parallel port interface device
#device		vpo		# Requires scbus and da


# PCI Ethernet NICs.
#device		de		# DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
#device		fxp		# Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
#device		tx		# SMC 9432TX (83c170 ``EPIC'')
#device		vx		# 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')
#device		wx		# Intel Gigabit Ethernet Card (``Wiseman'')

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
device		miibus		# MII bus support
#device		dc		# DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
#device		rl		# RealTek 8129/8139
#device		sf		# Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
#device		sis		# Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
#device		ste		# Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
#device		tl		# Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
#device		vr		# VIA Rhine, Rhine II
#device		wb		# Winbond W89C840F
device		xl		# 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')

# ISA Ethernet NICs.
#device		ed
#device		ex
#device		ep
#device		cs
#device		sn
# WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs. Note: the WaveLAN/IEEE really
# exists only as a PCMCIA device, so there is no ISA attatement needed
# and resources will always be dynamically assigned by the pccard code.
#device		wi
# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. Note: the declaration below will
# work for PCMCIA and PCI cards, as well as ISA cards set to ISA PnP
# mode (the factory default). If you set the switches on your ISA
# card for a manually chosen I/O address and IRQ, you must specify
# those paremeters here.
#device		an
# BayStack 660 and others
#device		awi
# Xircom pccard ethernet
#device		xe
# The probe order of these is presently determined by i386/isa/isa_compat.c.
#device		ie
#device		fe
#device		le
#device		lnc

# Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocated.
device		loop		# Network loopback
device		ether		# Ethernet support
#device		sl		# Kernel SLIP
#device		ppp	1	# Kernel PPP
device		tun		# Packet tunnel.
device		pty		# Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
device		md		# Memory "disks"
device 		random
#device		gif	4	# IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
#device		faith	1	# IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)

# The `bpf' device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
device		bpf		# Berkeley packet filter

# USB support
device		uhci		# UHCI PCI->USB interface
device		ohci		# OHCI PCI->USB interface
device		usb		# USB Bus (required)
#device		udbp		# USB Double Bulk Pipe devices
device		ugen		# Generic
device		uhid		# "Human Interface Devices"
device		ukbd		# Keyboard
device		ulpt		# Printer
#device		umass		# Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
device		ums		# Mouse
device		urio		# Diamond Rio 500 MP3 player
# USB Ethernet, requires mii
device		aue		# ADMtek USB ethernet
device		cue		# CATC USB ethernet
device		kue		# Kawasaki LSI USB ethernet


# local configurations:

#options         IPSEC                   #IP security
#options         IPSEC_ESP               #IP security (crypto; define w/ IPSEC)
#options         IPSEC_DEBUG             #debug for IP security
options		MSGBUF_SIZE=65536
options 	USER_LDT                #allow user-level control of i386 ldt
#options 	COMPAT_LINUX
options 	IPFIREWALL              #firewall
options 	IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE      #print information about
                                        # dropped packets
options 	IPFIREWALL_FORWARD      #enable xparent proxy support
#options	IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT=100 #limit verbosity
options 	IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT #allow everything by default
options 	IPDIVERT                #divert sockets
#options 	DUMMYNET
#options 	BRIDGE
options 	DDB
options         DDB_UNATTENDED  


#SOUND:
device 		pcm
device 		vn  		#Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)

# for oracle:
options         SHMMAXPGS=10000
options         SHMMNI=100
options         SHMSEG=10
options         SEMMNS=200
options         SEMMNI=70
options         SEMMSL=61


#device       smbus
#device       iicbus
#device       iicbb
#device       intpm
#device       smb


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