Re: Regression in device ath between BETA5 and RC1?

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 10:03:46PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <20051020232308.GA77950_at_xor.obsecurity.org>
>             Kris Kennaway <kris_at_obsecurity.org> writes:
> > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 05:46:52PM -0500, Doug Poland wrote:
> > > Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > > >On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 05:11:41PM -0500, Doug Poland wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>I was seeing this behavior a lot on 5.2.1, 5.3, and, IIRC, 5.4.
> > > >>Responsiveness was so poor as to make remote SSH sessions
> > > >>unusable.  When I installed -CURRENT then RELENG_6, then the NIC
> > > >>started performing beautifully.  Very stable and consistent.
> > > >>Now, with yesterday's cvsup'd to RC1, the NIC/driver is
> > > >>performing poorly again.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Go back to the previous version to verify it's not environmental
> > > >or some other problem than a regression in FreeBSD.
> > > >
> > > Sure, can you tell me what tag to use in my supfile?  Right now I
> > > have:
> > > 
> > >   *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6
> > 
> > Use a date instead of a tag (see the cvsup docs).
> 
> *default release=cvs date=2005.10.10.12.23.45
> 
> and try to find where, since June, the divergence of performance was.
> We branched RELENG_6 in June, and there's been much merged from head
> back into RELENG_6.
> 
I've gone back to 2005.10.09.16.14.15, which was the time I installed
-BETA5.  So far, the connection is more stable and robust:  Here's my
diagnostics:

Fri Oct 21 00:25:59 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:26:30 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:26:38 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:26:40 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:26:51 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:27:31 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:28:10 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:28:28 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:28:38 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:30:29 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:30:39 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:31:36 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:31:52 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:32:34 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:32:49 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:33:23 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:33:40 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:33:54 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:43:18 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:43:24 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:55:02 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 00:55:12 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)

Rebooted w/new world and kernel:

Fri Oct 21 02:43:47 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 02:43:58 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 03:14:11 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 03:15:04 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 03:22:08 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 03:22:18 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 04:04:13 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 04:04:48 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 04:39:02 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 04:42:44 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 04:42:52 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 05:06:48 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 05:09:20 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 05:39:18 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 05:42:04 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 05:42:14 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 07:03:54 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 07:08:12 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 07:08:22 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 07:29:01 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 10:17:02 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 10:28:02 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 10:53:01 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 11:04:21 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 11:40:29 CDT 2005 (DS/1Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 11:40:39 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 11:45:48 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 11:46:24 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 11:46:57 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 11:54:07 CDT 2005 (OFDM/36Mbps)
Fri Oct 21 11:54:47 CDT 2005 (OFDM/48Mbps)

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Regards,
Doug