Re: MI SONIC Ethernet driver for mac68k

thorpej <at> shagadelic.org wrote:

> > I'm still waiting reports on nubus based one or 16 bit mode one,
> > but anyway I'll commit it next weekend if there is no objection.
> 
> Do you have a performance comparison for the old vs. the MI one?

Unfortunately, MI one is slower (currently).

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old MD driver:

# dmesg|grep sn0
sn0 at obio0: integrated Ethernet adapter
sn0: Ethernet address 08:00:07:9f:07:c6
# ./ttcp -rs
ttcp-r: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001  tcp
ttcp-r: socket
ttcp-r: accept from 192.168.20.1
ttcp-r: 16777216 bytes in 19.31 real seconds = 848.59 KB/sec +++
ttcp-r: 2049 I/O calls, msec/call = 9.65, calls/sec = 106.13
ttcp-r: 0.0user 19.2sys 0:19real 99% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+2pf 0+0csw
# ./ttcp -ts 192.168.20.1
ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001  tcp  -> 192.168.20.1
ttcp-t: socket
ttcp-t: connect
ttcp-t: 16777216 bytes in 15.93 real seconds = 1028.29 KB/sec +++
ttcp-t: 2048 I/O calls, msec/call = 7.97, calls/sec = 128.54
ttcp-t: 0.1user 15.4sys 0:15real 98% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+4098pf 0+0csw
# 

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MI driver:

# dmesg|grep sn0
sn0 at obio0: integrated SONIC Ethernet adapter
sn0: Ethernet address 08:00:07:9f:07:c6
# ./ttcp -rs
ttcp-r: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001  tcp
ttcp-r: socket
ttcp-r: accept from 192.168.20.1
ttcp-r: 16777216 bytes in 23.85 real seconds = 686.84 KB/sec +++
ttcp-r: 2049 I/O calls, msec/call = 11.92, calls/sec = 85.90
ttcp-r: 0.1user 23.7sys 0:23real 99% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+2pf 0+0csw
# ./ttcp -ts 192.168.20.1
ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=2048, align=16384/0, port=5001  tcp  -> 192.168.20.1
ttcp-t: socket
ttcp-t: connect
ttcp-t: 16777216 bytes in 23.18 real seconds = 706.90 KB/sec +++
ttcp-t: 2048 I/O calls, msec/call = 11.59, calls/sec = 88.36
ttcp-t: 0.1user 22.9sys 0:23real 99% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+4098pf 0+0csw
# 
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I wonder if BUS_DMA_COHERENT support or DMA threshold settings
(DCR_RFT/DCR_TFT) could improve this..

(MI one still has better stability on heavy traffic though)
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Izumi Tsutsui