On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:49:53 +0100,
Klemens Nanni <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for testing, I certainly did not expect such a massive drop.
>
> I'll test here as well and try to see what this is about before committing
> anything.
>
> I wonder, if this is "just" a weak CPU or something else, e.g. specific to
> octeon, NIC drivers and/or in your setup.
>
> Can you share your iperf commands and a dmesg for completeness, please?
>
> Cc'ing Janne: You tried a similar diff on your boxes; care to share
> which ones and whether you saw any noticable change in performance?
>
I run as simple commands as:
iperf3-darwin -t 30 -c 172.31.3.1
and
iperf3-darwin -t 30 -c 172.31.2.93
3.1 is octeon, and 2.93 is another mac mini in different vlan where this
octeon is used as gw.
dmesg attached.
--
wbr, Kirill
[ using 769208 bytes of bsd ELF symbol table ]
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OpenBSD 7.8-current (GENERIC.MP) #9: Sun Feb 22 16:15:23 CET 2026
[email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/octeon/compile/GENERIC.MP
real mem = 1073741824 (1024MB)
avail mem = 1035141120 (987MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mainbus0 at root: board 20300 rev 0.14, model cavium,ubnt_e300
cpu0 at mainbus0: CN70xx/CN71xx CPU rev 0.2 1000 MHz, CN70xx/CN71xx FPU rev 0.0
cpu0: cache L1-I 78KB 39 way D 32KB 32 way, L2 1024KB 8 way
cpu1 at mainbus0: CN70xx/CN71xx CPU rev 0.2 1000 MHz, CN70xx/CN71xx FPU rev 0.0
cpu1: cache L1-I 78KB 39 way D 32KB 32 way, L2 1024KB 8 way
cpu2 at mainbus0: CN70xx/CN71xx CPU rev 0.2 1000 MHz, CN70xx/CN71xx FPU rev 0.0
cpu2: cache L1-I 78KB 39 way D 32KB 32 way, L2 1024KB 8 way
cpu3 at mainbus0: CN70xx/CN71xx CPU rev 0.2 1000 MHz, CN70xx/CN71xx FPU rev 0.0
cpu3: cache L1-I 78KB 39 way D 32KB 32 way, L2 1024KB 8 way
clock0 at mainbus0: int 5
octcrypto0 at mainbus0
iobus0 at mainbus0
simplebus0 at iobus0: "soc"
octciu0 at simplebus0
octcib0 at simplebus0: max-bits 23
octcib1 at simplebus0: max-bits 12
octcib2 at simplebus0: max-bits 6
octcib3 at simplebus0: max-bits 15
octcib4 at simplebus0: max-bits 4
octcib5 at simplebus0: max-bits 11
octcib6 at simplebus0: max-bits 11
octgpio0 at simplebus0: 20 pins, xbit 16
"bootbus" at simplebus0 not configured
octsmi0 at simplebus0
octpip0 at simplebus0
octgmx0 at octpip0 interface 0
cnmac0 at octgmx0: port 0 SGMII, address b4:fb:e4:ca:f2:28
ukphy0 at cnmac0 phy 4: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 2: OUI
0x0001c1, model 0x000c
cnmac1 at octgmx0: port 1 SGMII, address b4:fb:e4:ca:f2:29
ukphy1 at cnmac1 phy 5: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 2: OUI
0x0001c1, model 0x000c
cnmac2 at octgmx0: port 2 SGMII, address b4:fb:e4:ca:f2:2a
ukphy2 at cnmac2 phy 6: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 2: OUI
0x0001c1, model 0x000c
cnmac3 at octgmx0: port 3 SGMII, address b4:fb:e4:ca:f2:2b
ukphy3 at cnmac3 phy 7: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface, rev. 2: OUI
0x0001c1, model 0x000c
octsctl0 at simplebus0: disabled
octxctl0 at simplebus0: DWC3 rev 0x250a
xhci0 at octxctl0, xHCI 1.0
usb0 at xhci0: USB revision 3.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00
addr 1
octxctl1 at simplebus0: DWC3 rev 0x250a
xhci1 at octxctl1, xHCI 1.0
usb1 at xhci1: USB revision 3.0
uhub1 at usb1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic xHCI root hub" rev 3.00/1.00
addr 1
"i2c" at simplebus0 not configured
"i2c" at simplebus0 not configured
com0 at simplebus0: ns16550a, 64 byte fifo
com0: console
com1 at simplebus0: ns16550a, 64 byte fifo
com1: probed fifo depth: 0 bytes
octmmc0 at simplebus0
sdmmc0 at octmmc0: 8-bit, mmc high-speed
sdmmc1 at octmmc0: 8-bit, mmc high-speed
"spi" at simplebus0 not configured
"ocla0" at simplebus0 not configured
"dma-engine" at simplebus0 not configured
"dma-engine" at simplebus0 not configured
octrng0 at iobus0 base 0x1400000000000 irq 0
octpcie0 at iobus0: 3 ports
octpcie0 port 0: link timeout
octpcie0 port 1: link timeout
octpcie0 port 2: reset timeout
scsibus0 at sdmmc0: 2 targets, initiator 0
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <Sandisk, SEM04G, 0000> removable
sd0: 3776MB, 512 bytes/sector, 7733248 sectors
vscsi0 at root
scsibus1 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
scsibus2 at softraid0: 256 targets
root on sd0a (d008e854197154dd.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!
