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From: Charles Vejnar <Charles.Vejnar@unige•ch>
To: "Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@intel•com>,
	"netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ixgbe unstable performance at 1Gb/s
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 20:33:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50634A60.40609@unige.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87618083B2453E4A8714035B62D6799216E25153@FMSMSX102.amr.corp.intel.com>

Le 25/09/2012 19:58, Tantilov, Emil S a écrit :
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: netdev-owner@vger•kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@vger•kernel.org] On
>> Behalf Of Charles
>> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 10:47 AM
>> To: netdev@vger•kernel.org
>> Subject: ixgbe unstable performance at 1Gb/s
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I hope I am posting on the right mailing-list. If not, sorry; please
>> redirect me
>> to the right place. Thanks.
>>
>> I have a new motherboard with integrated Intel X540 10GBase-T. For now, I
>> want
>> to use it at 1Gb/s.
>>
>> The bandwidth is only of ~300 Mbit/s (with Iperf). It's actually very
>> unstable
>> (always varies between 100 to 800 Mbit/s during the transfer).
> Do you by any chance have CONFIG_IXGBE_PTP set in your kernel config?
>
> If so, try disabling it and see if it fixes your performance.
>
> Thanks,
> Emil
>
Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I compiled manually the ixgbe module with the default options of my 
distribution (Archlinux). I had the same problem.

I then changed the CONFIG_IXGBE_PTP to no (default is yes) as you 
suggested, and recompiled. The problem disappeared; normal transfer.

Could you please explain why this PTP is causing a problem? How can this 
be fixed without having to recompile the module (ethtool, /sys, bios... 
)? Thanks

Regards,

Charles

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2012-09-26 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-24 17:47 ixgbe unstable performance at 1Gb/s Charles
2012-09-25 17:58 ` Tantilov, Emil S
2012-09-26 18:33   ` Charles Vejnar [this message]
2012-09-26 20:22     ` Tantilov, Emil S
2012-09-27  8:32       ` Charles Vejnar

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