On 2021-09-07 3:59 p.m., zhou wrote:
Thanks a lot, Marcus.
The kernel version I am using in host is 5.4.0-81, but there is no packet drop. It is still strange that packet drop happened in USRP. In my test, sometimes there are ULLLL errors. I am wondering if there is something wrong with network buffer.
L means "late packet', which means that the thing that's producing packets isn't "keeping up" with the required
  cadence of samples being consumed by the radio.

Do you get this when talking to the N321 from your host, or when using the N321 in embedded mode (using the
  Linux OS running on the N321).

How are your N321 and host computer connected?  Are they connected via a switch or direct connected?

It's not clear to me how the "RX drops" is triggered for the "unsupported protocols" case--whether that's just unsupported   *ETHERNET* protocols, or any protocol packet for which there isn't a service registered on the system--in this case your   N321.  If it's the latter, then it may just be the case that your host PC is sending perhaps broadcast or other packets for   which there are no services registered on your N321 system to process them, so it drops them, and just logs it.  Unless
  your host PC is doing a LOT of this, it's of no consequence.




On Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 14:39:54 BST, Marcus D. Leech <[email protected]> wrote:


On 2021-09-07 7:54 a.m., zhou wrote:
Thanks Marcus. What is the reason for Rx packet drop in N321? I have configured the same MTU on both ends of the connection. Interestingly, there is no Tx packet loss but Rx.
Hmmm, so, just found this:

    Beginning with kernel 2.6.37, it has been changed the meaning of
    dropped packet count. Before, dropped packets was most likely due
    to an error. Now, the rx_dropped counter shows statistics for
    dropped frames because of:

      * Softnet backlog full
      * Bad / Unintended VLAN tags
      * Unknown / Unregistered protocols
      * IPv6 frames when the server is not configured for IPv6

    [...]

    If the rx_dropped counter stops incrementing while tcpdump is
    running; then it is more than likely showing drops because of the
    reasons listed earlier.



    IN other words, mostly harmless. At some point, the semantics of
    "dropped packets" changed, and I didn't even notice.





On Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 00:05:57 BST, Marcus D. Leech <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:


On 2021-09-06 6:59 p.m., zhou wrote:
Hi Marcus,

Could you please help on this?
I find some confusing information on MTU configuration in different ettus web pages: https://files.ettus.com/manual/page_transport.html <https://files.ettus.com/manual/page_transport.html> : MTU=8000 for 10GigE https://kb.ettus.com/USRP_Host_Performance_Tuning_Tips_and_Tricks <https://kb.ettus.com/USRP_Host_Performance_Tuning_Tips_and_Tricks> : MTU=9000 for 10GigE

Which one is correct? :

Thanks.
They're both valid, in that a larger MTU tends to improve bulk performance at high sample rates.

The caveat is that BOTH SIDES of the connection have to "agree" on the MTU, and some host controllers   will happily accept a large MTU, but be unable to actually support it, although that situation is NOT one   that I have seen in 10GiGe controllers--they inherently want to support "jumbo frames".





On Monday, 6 September 2021, 22:33:35 BST, zhou via USRP-users <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:


Hi,

I have a problem with the N321 USRP. I find packet dropped in USRP but not in host. In host, I am running Ubuntu 18.04.

*_Below is the ifconfig result in N321:_*

root@ni-n3xx-320CAAB:~# ifconfig

*eth0* Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:2F:32:36:BA

inet addr:192.168.10.165 Bcast:192.168.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:*1500* Metric:1

RX packets:618374 errors:0 *dropped:11485*overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:193714 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:39776733 (37.9 MiB)  TX bytes:14546432 (13.8 MiB)

Interrupt:27 Base address:0xb000

int0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr AE:CD:BA:E1:CF:96

inet addr:169.254.0.1 Bcast:169.254.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:9000 Metric:1

RX packets:456 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:37392 (36.5 KiB)  TX bytes:2770 (2.7 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536  Metric:1

RX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:7480 (7.3 KiB)  TX bytes:7480 (7.3 KiB)

*sfp0* Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:2F:32:36:BB

inet addr:192.168.12.2 Bcast:192.168.12.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:*9000* Metric:1

RX packets:6239 errors:0 *dropped:804 *overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:5669 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:18466697 (17.6 MiB)  TX bytes:18417536 (17.5 MiB)

*sfp1* Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:2F:32:36:BC

inet addr:192.168.13.2 Bcast:192.168.13.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:*9000* Metric:1

RX packets:24868 errors:0 *dropped:796*overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:24613 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:20486915 (19.5 MiB)  TX bytes:19611643 (18.7 MiB)

_*Below is ifconfig result in host:*_

user@USRP-SERVER:~$ ifconfig

*eno1*: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu *1500*

inet 192.168.10.143 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.255.255

inet6 fe80::b27b:25ff:fe1d:9e4e prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>

       ether b0:7b:25:1d:9e:4e txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 5604 bytes 416435 (416.4 KB)

RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

TX packets 404 bytes 68556 (68.5 KB)

TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

device interrupt 16 memory 0xd2100000-d2120000

*enp1s0f0*: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu *9000*

inet 192.168.12.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.12.255

inet6 fe80::faf2:1eff:fe42:dddc prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>

ether f8:f2:1e:42:dd:dc txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 294 bytes 35184 (35.1 KB)

RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

TX packets 395 bytes 37148 (37.1 KB)

TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

*enp1s0f1*: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu *9000*

inet 192.168.13.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.13.255

    inet6 fe80::faf2:1eff:fe42:dddd prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>

ether f8:f2:1e:42:dd:dd txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)

RX packets 9  bytes 2228 (2.2 KB)

RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

TX packets 72  bytes 7983 (7.9 KB)

TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING>  mtu 65536

inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0

inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10<host>

loop  txqueuelen 1000  (Local Loopback)

RX packets 21071 bytes 1497110 (1.4 MB)

RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0

TX packets 21071 bytes 1497110 (1.4 MB)

TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

Could you please let me know what is the possible reason for packet drop in USRP? How to fix it?

Thanks for any inputs.



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