>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Campbell [mailto:[email protected]] 
>Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 10:25 AM
>To: Ronciak, John
>Cc: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] 82574L - Multicast transmit 
>failing, causes performance issues
>
>John,
>
>>
>> Thank you for the response.  We did some further testing last night:
>>
>> -We tried compiling the driver without MSI/MSI-X support, 
>and that appeared
>> to make no difference
>>
>> -Also, accessing the console via ssh is extremely sluggish 
>when a stream is
>> being sent, it can take 3-4 seconds to respond to a CTRL-C 
>for example (or
>> even CR), when dual 5 Mbps multicast streams are being output
>>
>> -The mouse is a bit sluggish on the console, not awful, but 
>noticeably
>> impacted
>>
>> -No cpu load reported in userspace by top
>>
>> -We will shut down X and retest to eliminate that and 
>determine performance
>> at the cli
>>
>> Stats will be forthcoming as well.
>>
>> -Jeff
>>
>
>I should also clarify how we access the device.  We have 
>physical console
>access.  Remote access for management is via eth0 on 192.168.1.0/24.
>
>All of the multicast traffic (in/out) is on eth1 on 10.239.0.0/28.
>
>eth0 is connected to VLAN 10 on the switch (admin/internet)
>
>eth1 is connected to VLAN 30 on the switch (video only)
>
>The switch is an HP Procurve 1800-24G.  It is NOT IGMP aware, 
>and thus the
>multicast is broadcast to all ports on VLAN30.  Flow control 
>is enabled on
>the switch ports in VLAN30.
>
>There are no streams, other than test streams, active during 
>the tests.  The
>switch is running the latest firmware and handles up to 40+ Mbps of
>aggregate multicast streams without any problems.  We 
>regularly have dual SD
>(~5Mbps) and dual HD (~19 Mbps) streams running concurrently 
>without any
>impairments.
>
>Is there any value in trying an earlier kernel version or is 
>that unlikely
>the source of the problem?
>
>Is there any value in trying to reproduce the problem using multicast
>streams under Windows (we would have to install a new HD and 
>install windows
>to do this)?
>
>-Jeff
>
Hello Jeff,

I missed that John has been helping you with this, so ignore the stats requests 
I made.  However, I think the lspci -vvvxxx output of both systems is still 
worth looking at, if you can provide it.

Thanks,

Carolyn
Carolyn Wyborny
Linux Development
LAN Access Division
Intel Corporation


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