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Date:      Thu, 13 Apr 2000 19:47:39 -0400
From:      Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net>
To:        Chris Wasser <cwasser@v-wave.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Serious NETWORK PROBLEMS
Message-ID:  <20000413194739.B7655@cokane.yi.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000413101951.B5040@area51.v-wave.com>; from cwasser@v-wave.com on Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 12:25:38PM -0400
References:  <20000413101951.B5040@area51.v-wave.com>

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I have had trouble with the PNIC cards before, in any OS. I dunno why.

--
cokane

Chris Wasser had the audacity to say:
> Gonna keep reposting this until someone answers I guess.
> 
> This was previously a AMD-K7 machine (4.0-STABLE) but has been moved over
> to a Intel based machine for the time being while I get a new motherboard
> (the K7 motherboard is shot -- the other K7 box runs like a charm.)
> 
> Running 4.0-STABLE from Wednesday, April 12th. There are two Macronix PNIC
> II's in the machine, one at 10Mbps/Half-Duplex(dc0) and the other at
> 100Mbps/Full-Duplex(dc1) (both NICs use the dc? driver). On the 100Base-TX
> side of things, during any sort of heavy network load I get:
> 
> Apr 12 13:00:45 cmdmicro /kernel: dc1: TX underrun -- increasing TX
> threshold
> Apr 12 13:29:17 cmdmicro /kernel: dc1: TX underrun -- increasing TX
> threshold
> Apr 12 17:25:50 cmdmicro /kernel: dc1: TX underrun -- increasing TX
> threshold
> Apr 12 17:25:50 cmdmicro /kernel: dc1: TX underrun -- using store and
> forward mode
> Apr 12 17:25:50 cmdmicro /kernel: dc1: TX underrun -- using store and
> forward mode
> 
> Now from what I was reading on the older archives, these messages aren't
> all that big a deal if appearing in sparse amounts, however I have a
> 3.3-STABLE machine with the same make/model of network cards on the same
> machine with no such messages popping up (slower speed processor as
> well).
> 
> On the 3.3-S machine I'm able to sustain 11MB/s transfer rates to and from
> the network (it's switched) with no problems, however the 4.0-S machine
> barely breaks 8.0MB/s on the same test. I originally had 3c905C-TX's in
> the 4.0 box but they ended up shitting oatmeal under heavy network loads
> (no big surprise there)
> 
> The 4.0-STABLE machine has only been up a few hours now:
> 
>  8:33PM  up  7:43, 3 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> 
> It should be noted that net.inet.tcp.delayed_ack is at 1 on the 4.0-STABLE
> machine and 0 on the 3.3-STABLE (I've recently just set it to 0 to see if
> it's made any difference)
> 
> Machine specs:
> --------------
> 3.3-STABLE (1999/09/16)
> P3-450 / 128MB
> 1 x LNE100TX v2.0 Macronix PNIC II (mx? driver) @ 10Mbps
> 1 x LNE100TX v2.0 Macronix PNIC II (mx? driver) @ 100Mbps Full-Duplex
> 
> 4.0-STABLE (2000/04/12)
> P3-550 / 256MB
> 1 x LNE100TX v2.0 Macronix PNIC II (dc? driver) @ 10Mbps
> 1 x LNE100TX v2.0 Macronix PNIC II (dc? driver) @ 100Mbps Full-Duplex
> 
> 100Mbps side of the network is switched (LAN). The "test" was conducted by
> xferring a 7GB tarball between the two machines via ftp (see ftp notes
> below) Except for processor and ram, these two machines are identical
> hardware-wise including BIOS setup/version# (and I do mean identical, all
> the hardware except processor and ram are identical make & model right
> down to the motherboard revision)
> 
> One of the first things I checked was if there was shared PCI irqs, this
> is not the case, each device has it's own IRQ. USB is disabled.
> 
> * FTP NOTES: tests were conducted with stock ftp client in 4.0-STABLE in
> active/PORT mode (not PASSIVE). There seems to be a problem with the stock
> ftp client with large file sizes. It reported the 7GB tarball as -11TB
> (when I did a ls of the file) and ofcourse messes up the bar graph
> display. It also stalls for a second when it reaches the end of the bar
> graph, but continues without error. It also doesn't show the correct file
> size during transfer (as in total bytes to xfer) but it does xfer the file
> properly nevertheless, I tested the tarball afterwards. I checked my own
> 4.0-STABLE machine at home, the stock ftp client exhibits the same
> behavior.
> 
> I appriciate _any_ response (good or bad) as I need to get this worked out
> as soon as possible (I'd like to replace our 3.3-STABLE machine)
> 
> 4.0-STABLE information (space-adjusted for word-wrap purposes):
> 
> Copyright (c) 1992-2000 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
> 	The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #0: Wed Apr 12 12:38:04 MDT 2000
>     root@:/usr/src/sys/compile/DEEPTHOUGHT
> Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
> Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 551252571 Hz
> CPU: Pentium III/Pentium III Xeon (551.25-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x673  Stepping = 3
>   Features=0x383f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR
>                      ,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR,XMM>
> real memory  = 268435456 (262144K bytes)
> config> q
> avail memory = 258334720 (252280K bytes)
> Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc0296000.
> Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc029609c.
> VESA: v2.0, 8192k memory, flags:0x1, mode table:0xc0249ba2 (1000022)
> VESA: ATI RAGE128
> Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled
> npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
> npx0: INT 16 interface
> pcib0: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) host to PCI bridge> on motherboard
> pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0
> pcib1: <Intel 82443BX (440 BX) PCI-PCI (AGP) bridge> at device 1.0 on pci0
> pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1
> pci1: <ATI Rage128-RL graphics accelerator> at 0.0 irq 5
> isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f at device 7.1
> on pci0
> ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
> pci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> at 7.2
> chip1: <Intel 82371AB Power management controller> port 0x5000-0x500f
> at device 7.3 on pci0
> dc0: <LC82C115 PNIC II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xa400-0xa4ff
> mem 0xe5000000-0xe50000ff irq 10 at device 11.0 on pci0
> dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:32:eb:7c
> miibus0: <MII bus> on dc0
> dcphy0: <Intel 21143 NWAY media interface> on miibus0
> dcphy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> dc1: <LC82C115 PNIC II 10/100BaseTX> port 0xa800-0xa8ff
> mem 0xe5001000-0xe50010ff irq 11 at device 15.0 on pci0
> dc1: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:33:7b:ab
> miibus1: <MII bus> on dc1
> dcphy1: <Intel 21143 NWAY media interface> on miibus1
> dcphy1:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> atapci1: <HighPoint HPT366 ATA66 controller>
> port 0xb400-0xb4ff,0xb000-0xb003,0xac00-0xac07 irq 15 at device 19.0 on pci0
> ata2: at 0xac00 on atapci1
> atapci2: <HighPoint HPT366 ATA66 controller>
> port 0xc000-0xc0ff,0xbc00-0xbc03,0xb800-0xb807 irq 15 at device 19.1 on pci0
> ata3: at 0xb800 on atapci2
> 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> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: model MouseMan+, 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
> ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
> ppc0: Generic chipset (EPP/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
> ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE/PS2
> Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
> ppbus0: <Fujitsu PrintPartner 10> NPAP,PJL,PCL
> lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
> lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
> ppc1: <Parallel port> at port 0x278-0x27f irq 5 on isa0
> ppc1: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode
> lpt1: <Printer> on ppbus1
> lpt1: Interrupt-driven port
> IP Filter: initialized.  Default = pass all, Logging = enabled
> IP Filter: v3.3.8
> ad4: 19609MB <QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX20.5> [39842/16/63] at ata2-master
> using UDMA66
> ad6: 19609MB <QUANTUM FIREBALLP KX20.5> [39842/16/63] at ata3-master
> using UDMA66
> acd0: CDROM <ASUS CD-S500/A> at ata0-master using UDMA33
> 
> ifconfig -a (dc0 ip address blanked out)
> 
> dc0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> 	inet 24.108.x.x netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 24.108.89.255
> 	ether 00:a0:cc:32:eb:7c 
> 	media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP) status: active
> 	supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
>         10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 100baseTX <hw-loopback> none
> dc1: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> 	inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
> 	ether 00:a0:cc:33:7b:ab 
> 	media: autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>) status: active
> 	supported media: autoselect 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX
>         10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP 100baseTX <hw-loopback> none
> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
> 	inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
> 
> netstat -bi (again, formatted, I apologize if it's hard to read, I've
> tried to make it easier)
> 
> Name Mtu   Network       Address          Ipkts Ierrs    Ibytes
> dc0  1500  <Link#1>    00:a0:cc:32:eb:7c  39288     0   4923890
>                                           Opkts Oerrs    Obytes   Coll
>                                            4767     0    672170    549
> Name Mtu   Network       Address          Ipkts Ierrs    Ibytes
> dc0  1500  24.108.89/24  cmdmicro         39288     0   4923890
>                                           Opkts Oerrs    Obytes   Coll
>                                            4767     0    672170    549
> Name Mtu   Network       Address          Ipkts Ierrs    Ibytes
> dc1  1500  <Link#2>    00:a0:cc:33:7b:ab 180147     0 114224991
>                                           Opkts Oerrs    Obytes   Coll
>                                          178687     5 165873105      0
> Name Mtu   Network       Address          Ipkts Ierrs    Ibytes
> dc1  1500  192.168.1     cmdmicro        180147     0 114224991
>                                           Opkts Oerrs    Obytes   Coll
>                                          178687     5 165873105      0
> Name Mtu   Network       Address          Ipkts Ierrs    Ibytes
> lo0  16384 <Link#3>                        3217     0    191261
>                                           Opkts Oerrs    Obytes   Coll
>                                            3217     0    191261      0
> Name Mtu   Network       Address          Ipkts Ierrs    Ibytes
> lo0  16384 127           cmdmicro          3217     0    191261
>                                           Opkts Oerrs    Obytes   Coll
>                                            3217     0    191261      0
> 
> kernel config:
> 
> machine		i386
> cpu		I686_CPU
> ident		DEEPTHOUGHT	
> maxusers	128
> 
> options 	INET			#InterNETworking
> options 	FFS			#Berkeley Fast Filesystem
> options 	FFS_ROOT		#FFS usable as root device [keep this!]
> options 	CD9660			#ISO 9660 Filesystem
> options 	PROCFS			#Process filesystem
> options 	COMPAT_43		#Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
> 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 	P1003_1B		#Posix P1003_1B real-time extentions
> options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
> options		_KPOSIX_VERSION=199309L
> options		ICMP_BANDLIM		#Rate limit bad replies
> options		IPFILTER                #ipfilter support
> options		IPFILTER_LOG            #ipfilter logging
> options		QUOTA
> options		SOFTUPDATES
> #options		NMBCLUSTERS=16384
> #options		PQ_HUGECACHE
> options		PANIC_REBOOT_WAIT_TIME=60
> options		MD5
> options		VESA
> options		DDB
> options		DDB_UNATTENDED
> options		PMAP_SHPGPERPROC=400
> options		MAXCONS=16
> options		MAXDSIZ=(256*1024*1024)
> options		DFLDSIZ=(256*1024*1024)
> options 	SYSVSHM			#SYSV-style shared memory
> options		SYSVMSG			#SYSV-style message queues
> options		SYSVSEM			#SYSV-style semaphores
> 
> device		isa
> device		pci
> 
> # Floppy drives
> device		fdc0	at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2
> device		fd0	at fdc0 drive 0
> 
> # ATA and ATAPI devices
> device		ata0	at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14
> device		ata1	at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15
> device		ata
> device		atadisk			# ATA disk drives
> device		atapicd			# ATAPI CDROM drives
> options 	ATA_STATIC_ID		#Static device numbering
> options 	ATA_ENABLE_ATAPI_DMA	#Enable DMA on ATAPI devices
> 
> # atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
> device		atkbdc0	at isa? port IO_KBD
> device		atkbd0	at atkbdc? irq 1
> device		psm0	at atkbdc? irq 12
> 
> device		vga0	at isa?
> 
> # splash screen/screen saver
> pseudo-device	splash
> 
> # syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
> device		sc0	at isa?
> 
> # Floating point support - do not disable.
> device		npx0	at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13
> 
> # Power management support (see LINT for more options)
> # device		apm0    at nexus? # Advanced Power Management
> 
> # Serial (COM) ports
> device		sio0	at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4
> #device		sio1	at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3
> 
> # Parallel port
> device		ppc0	at isa? irq 7
> device		ppc1	at isa? irq 5
> device		ppbus		# Parallel port bus (required)
> device		lpt		# Printer
> 
> # PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
> device		miibus		# MII bus support
> device		dc		# DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
> 
> # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocated.
> pseudo-device	loop		# Network loopback
> pseudo-device	ether		# Ethernet support
> pseudo-device	pty		# Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
> 
> # The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
> # Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
> pseudo-device	bpf		#Berkeley packet filter
> 
> # pc speaker
> pseudo-device	speaker
> 
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