Re: re(4) problem

----- Original Message ----
> From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh_at_gmail.com>
> To: Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri <wearabnet_at_yahoo.ca>
> Cc: Daniel Gerzo <danger_at_FreeBSD.org>; FreeBSD CURRENT <freebsd-current_at_FreeBSD.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 5:31:34 AM
> Subject: Re: re(4) problem
> 
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:34:12AM -0700, Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri wrote:
>  > ----- Original Message ----
>  > > From: Pyun YongHyeon 
>  > > To: Daniel Gerzo 
>  > > Cc: current_at_FreeBSD.org; yongari_at_FreeBSD.org
>  > > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:24:41 AM
>  > > Subject: Re: re(4) problem
>  > > 
>  > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 09:38:32PM +0100, Daniel Gerzo wrote:
>  > >  > Hello Daniel,
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > Monday, March 10, 2008, 4:26:49 PM, you wrote:
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > > Hello Pyun,
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > >> Since you're using MSI, would you try attached patch?
>  > >  > >> Sorry, I don't have PCIe based hardware and RealTek's datasheet for
>  > >  > >> PCIe variants is too poor to get useful information.
>  > >  > >> 
>  > >  > >> -- 
>  > >  > >> Regards,
>  > >  > >> Pyun YongHyeon
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > > Thank you for your quick reply, I will test your patch ASAP, but I 
> have one
>  > >  > > simple question:
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > > Should I apply this patch on top of
>  > >  > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/re.HEAD.patch
>  > >  > > or what is this patch aginst?
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > > Thank you.
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > Or better, please send me (or place somewhere on your home page) the
>  > >  > complete if_re.c and if_rlreg.h which should adress my problems, so
>  > >  > that I can test it easily.
>  > >  > 
>  > > 
>  > > Done.
>  > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/if_re.c
>  > > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/if_rlreg.h
>  > > The above files would build on CURRENT/RELENG_7/7.0-RELEASE.
>  > > 
>  > > I'm not sure whether it helps or not.
>  > > 
>  > >  > Your efforst are greatly appreciated!
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > -- 
>  > >  > Best regards,
>  > >  >  Daniel                            mailto:danger_at_FreeBSD.org
>  > >  > 
>  > > 
>  > > -- 
>  > > Regards,
>  > > Pyun YongHyeon
>  > 
>  > Ok, here is the ping to 2 servers using same nic to another server using fxp 
> in same lan.
>  > 
>  > ping -c 100 -s 5000 after using 
>  > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/if_re.c
>  > http://people.freebsd.org/~yongari/re/if_rlreg.h
>  > 
>  > re0:  port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem 
> 0xd0020000-0xd0020fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
>  > re0: Using 2 MSI messages
>  > miibus0:  on re0
>  > rgephy0:  PHY 1 on miibus0
>  > rgephy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 
> 1000baseT-FDX, auto
>  > re0: Ethernet address: 00:19:d1:a7:a4:72
>  > re0: [FILTER]
>  > re0: [FILTER]
>  > 
>  > 100 packets transmitted, 100 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
>  > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.410/2.429/2.587/0.019 ms
>  > 
>  > Here without.
>  > 
>  > re0:  port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 
> 0xf2000000-0xf2000fff irq 17 at device 0.0 on pci3
>  > re0: Using 2 MSI messages
>  > miibus0:  on re0
>  > rgephy0:  PHY 1 on miibus0
>  > rgephy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT, 
> 1000baseT-FDX, auto
>  > re0: Ethernet address: 00:1a:4d:4f:76:07
>  > re0: [FILTER]
>  > re0: [FILTER]
>  > 
>  > 100 packets transmitted, 99 packets received, 1.0% packet loss
>  > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 632.148/633.103/640.812/0.872 ms
>  > 
>  > So as I could tell the ping latency got fixed by using latest changes.
>  > 
> 
> Sorry, I don't know what exact issues you had. Just pinging wouldn't
> prove anything. Did you encounter random network loss without any
> relevant messages in console prior to trying latest patch?
> If you know a way that can reliably reproduce re(4) issue would you
> try to reproduce it again?
> 
> Thanks.
> -- 
> Regards,
> Pyun YongHyeon
> 

My problem was packet loss, and that was very clear when I did ping it earlier.

For now, there is no packet loss yet.

 
Regards,

-Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri
Arab Portal
http://www.WeArab.Net/




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