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e1000e driver - test updates

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Paul Smedley:

--- Quote from: Doug Bissett on January 20, 2014, 05:19:29 pm ---
--- Quote ---Hi Doug, check your email for links to r8169 built with 3.10.x and 3.12.x kernel code.
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Both versions work okay. I am using the r8169-3.12.8 version to post this, so I guess it is okay to release it.

Thank you...

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For others:
A couple of test drops:

http://smedley.id.au/tmp/r8169-3.10.27.zip
http://smedley.id.au/tmp/r8169-3.12.8.zip

Version numbers are based on the kernel code level per e1000e drivers.

David McKenna:
Paul,

  I am running the 3.12 versions of both the Intel and Realtek drivers with no problems... the Intel on my file server and the Realtek on my internet machine. Thanks for updating them! I'll post if any problem comes up, but they seem to perform as well as the original versions (I've copied a couple hundred GB of data back and forth with no issues).

Paul Smedley:
Hey David,


--- Quote from: David McKenna on January 21, 2014, 12:00:21 am ---  I am running the 3.12 versions of both the Intel and Realtek drivers with no problems... the Intel on my file server and the Realtek on my internet machine. Thanks for updating them! I'll post if any problem comes up, but they seem to perform as well as the original versions (I've copied a couple hundred GB of data back and forth with no issues).

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Thanks for the feedback! Next step will be to investigate a new wired chipset - most likely atheros or broadcom based on feedback from users.

Cheers,

Paul.

Doug Bissett:
I am currently doing an RSync copy between my main machine (Asus M3A78-EM motherboard, with quad core Phenom processor), using r8169-3.12.8, and my Lenovo ThinkPad T510, which is using e1000e-3.12.8. The speed is maxing out at 1200 KB/s (according to IPMON). This is extremely SLOW, for a 1G network. I need to do more analysis, but I think it is BOTH drivers that are SLOW.

Doug Bissett:

--- Quote from: Doug Bissett on January 21, 2014, 04:28:29 am ---I am currently doing an RSync copy between my main machine (Asus M3A78-EM motherboard, with quad core Phenom processor), using r8169-3.12.8, and my Lenovo ThinkPad T510, which is using e1000e-3.12.8. The speed is maxing out at 1200 KB/s (according to IPMON). This is extremely SLOW, for a 1G network. I need to do more analysis, but I think it is BOTH drivers that are SLOW.

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Okay, this is what I found, so far:

r8169-3.12.8 runs at about the same speed as the "official" r8169-0.3.1 version does. About 7800 KB/s (IPMON), when my NVIDIA NIC is at the other end (I have seen it run at more then 20,000 KB/s). That is still way too slow, but Realtek NICs are known to be slow, on all platforms. Something needs to be fixed, but the problem seems to be unrelated to what you did.

e1000e-3.12.8 and e1000e-3.10.27, on the other hand, run at about 1200 KB/s. EXTREMELY slow. The "official" e1000e-0.2.3 version runs at about 12,000 KB/s. I then tried e1000e-3.8.13, and it is running at about 12,000 KB/s. So, there is some sort of problem that showed up in e1000e-3.10.27, that makes it run very slow. I don't have time to test e1000e-3.4.77 and e1000e-3.6.11 tonight (or tomorrow, until later in the day). I will stay with e1000e-3.8.13, until I have more time to play with this. 12,000 KB/s is still pretty slow for a 1 Gb network, but it is usable.

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