From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Wed Oct 21 15:01:19 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30403A1B4BD for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:01:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@netapp.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0784514D1 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:01:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@netapp.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 05D68A1B4BB; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB2BA1B4B9 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:01:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@netapp.com) Received: from mx144.netapp.com (mx144.netapp.com [216.240.21.25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mx144.netapp.com", Issuer "Symantec Class 3 Secure Server CA - G4" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8FCEF14CD; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:01:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@netapp.com) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.17,712,1437462000"; d="asc'?scan'208";a="75225202" Received: from hioexcmbx03-prd.hq.netapp.com ([10.122.105.36]) by mx144-out.netapp.com with ESMTP; 21 Oct 2015 07:59:38 -0700 Received: from HIOEXCMBX07-PRD.hq.netapp.com (10.122.105.40) by hioexcmbx03-prd.hq.netapp.com (10.122.105.36) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1104.5; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:59:38 -0700 Received: from HIOEXCMBX07-PRD.hq.netapp.com ([::1]) by hioexcmbx07-prd.hq.netapp.com ([fe80::e1d9:911e:3048:d510%21]) with mapi id 15.00.1104.000; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:59:38 -0700 From: "Eggert, Lars" To: Jack Vogel CC: Ian Smith , Kevin Oberman , "net@freebsd.org" , "jfv@FreeBSD.org" , "ricera10@gmail.com" , Luigi Rizzo , Giuseppe Lettieri Subject: Re: ixl 40G bad performance? Thread-Topic: ixl 40G bad performance? Thread-Index: AQHRCnVeClivuZWSFkK4WCM/ynkiH55zUwOAgAAMKACAAAITgIAA5BEAgAA8ooCAACxPAIAAP6UAgAFpzQCAAB5sgIAADIMA Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:59:37 +0000 Message-ID: <99F14384-271F-4543-A7F8-E19F4006998A@netapp.com> References: <79830D9D-94E6-47A9-92B9-D63DF5432272@netapp.com> <20151020190541.B15983@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <6CD6754D-FC0E-4B24-AAEC-7C9D68284141@netapp.com> <20151020232218.G1833@besplex.bde.org> <12938D48-44B9-456A-AD7C-630D7E09BB35@netapp.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-mailer: Apple Mail (2.3094) x-ms-exchange-messagesentrepresentingtype: 1 x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted x-originating-ip: [10.122.56.79] Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_2A524B7E-B9ED-47C1-8665-B537C5FD8D99"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:01:19 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_2A524B7E-B9ED-47C1-8665-B537C5FD8D99 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Jack, On 2015-10-21, at 16:14, Jack Vogel wrote: > The 40G hardware is absolutely dependent on firmware, if you have a = mismatch > for instance, it can totally bork things. So, I would work with your = Intel > rep and be sure you have the correct version for your specific = hardware. I got these tester cards from Amazon, so I don't have a rep. I flashed the latest NVM (1.2.5), because previously the FreeBSD driver = was complaining about the firmware being too old. But I did that before = the experiments. If there is anything else I should be doing, I'd appreciate being put in = contact with someone at Intel who can help. Thanks, Lars Lars --Apple-Mail=_2A524B7E-B9ED-47C1-8665-B537C5FD8D99 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQCVAwUBVieoWNZcnpRveo1xAQi/xQP/eWaotyEHEKIlboc1lKRPWvxQtHJZvauF 56hq3K3ep4bwdoa4KKeTWd67e/vjIbNZEjDmesyJ8GnPjyItCzsWr1TTYdzEVXWx E9EvmCeuppY+y21Cbhuwz9TZ/IXjAGtFN5pq7N0Sxr5nmDvbpZ+Edbvyk99Dy8HL UuwYXE0HlTY= =4v3N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_2A524B7E-B9ED-47C1-8665-B537C5FD8D99--