On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:39 AM Hrvoje Popovski <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 17.9.2018. 22:32, sven falempin wrote: > > Dear Tech reader, > > > > I am recently working on Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3758 intel devices. > > SFP Intel card are not working in 6.3/current openBSD base > > > > I did patch intel driver reading netbsd, freebsd and intel code of ixgbe > > driver. > > > > I am now transferring data between two openBSD at ~1.50 Gb/s > > for more than 48 hours ( been looping all week end ) > > > > First, i d like to find other user with ix card to check for regression ! > > Secondly, can i get some feedback on how to test 10Gb /s transfer > > - i usually download ramfs file through nginx or use iperf . > > Third, how can i get a patch accepted into base : ie, how do i clean this > > work ? > > Hi, > > user here. Thank you for doing this. I think that your primary concern > at this point should be stability of this driver. > While transferring data over ix interfaces you could try shutting down > interfaces and bring them up. maybe something like this in loop: > > ifconfig ix0 down && ifconfig ix0 up && ifconfig ifconfig ix1 down && > ifconfig ix1 up && ifconfig ix0 down && ifconfig ix1 down && sh netstart > > that is working okay, and unplugging too > > if you have some sx or lx sfp+ modules insert/remove them in ix > interfaces and stuff link that. > I only have one type of sfp+ with me > > regarding performance testing if you have other box with 10G interfaces > you could directly connect these boxes and generate lots of traffic over > your driver and doing all that crazy stuff.. > > i only have openbsd denverton hardware and it s kinda hard to sustain 10Gb of traffic I had a request to extract the github patch file directly inside the email, i m thinking the 17 K lines would not make sense inside the mail. Is there someone with ixgbe hardware ( especially with a fan ? ) Best. -- -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do
