Re: Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question, and some info) [7-stable, current, em, smp]

2008-07-11 Thread Brian McGinty
> Hi Brian > I very much doubt that this is ceteris paribus. This is 384 random IPs > -> 384 random IP addresses with a flow lookup for each packet. Also, > I've read through igb on Linux - it has a lot of optimizations that > the FreeBSD driver lacks and I have yet to implement. Hey Kip, when wi

Re: kern/123347: [bge] bge1: watchdog timeout -- linkstate changed to DOWN

2008-07-11 Thread Mark.Favas
The following reply was made to PR kern/123347; it has been noted by GNATS. From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Subject: Re: kern/123347: [bge] bge1: watchdog timeout -- linkstate changed to DOWN Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:03:21 +0800 --_000_3710094049A65

Re: kern/92090: [bge] bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting

2008-07-11 Thread Mark.Favas
The following reply was made to PR kern/92090; it has been noted by GNATS. From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Subject: Re: kern/92090: [bge] bge0: watchdog timeout -- resetting Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:13:08 +0800 --_000_3710094049A65F4EA7CA1DC0D39D0E8B

BPF problems on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-07-11 Thread Robin Sommer
Hi all, we're seeing some strange effects with our libpcap-based application (the Bro network intrusion detection system) on a FreeBSD 7-RELEASE system. As the application has always been running fine on 6.x, we're wondering whether this might be triggered by any of the changes that went into 7.

Re: kern/125502: [ral] ifconfig ral0 scan produces no output unless in shared mode

2008-07-11 Thread gavin
Old Synopsis: ifconfig ral0 scan produces no output New Synopsis: [ral] ifconfig ral0 scan produces no output unless in shared mode State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback State-Changed-By: gavin State-Changed-When: Fri Jul 11 20:11:15 UTC 2008 State-Changed-Why: To submitter: We'll probably need

Re: Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question, and some info) [7-stable, current, em, smp]

2008-07-11 Thread Bart Van Kerckhove
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 >> Good news is using iptables only adds a few percentage onto the CPU >> usage. But still, what's with that.. >> So far FreeBSD got the highest pps rating for forwarding. I haven't >> tried bridge mode. Ipfw probably takes a big hit in that too th

Re: Freebsd IP Forwarding performance (question, and some info) [7-stable, current, em, smp]

2008-07-11 Thread Stefan Lambrev
Hi Paul, Paul wrote: I tested Linux in bridge configuration with the same machine and it CPUed out at about 600kpps through the bridge.. 600kpps incoming or 600kpps incoming+ outgoing ? That's a bit low :/ Soft interrupt using all the cpu. Same opteron , 82571EB Pci express NIC. Tried

Re: [Regarding Packet Error]

2008-07-11 Thread Archimedes Gaviola
--- On Fri, 7/11/08, Artis Caune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Artis Caune <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Regarding Packet Error] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Date: Friday, 11 July, 2008, 1:07 PM > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Archimedes Gaviola > <[EMAIL P

Re: [Regarding Packet Error]

2008-07-11 Thread Archimedes Gaviola
--- On Thu, 7/10/08, Mike Tancsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Mike Tancsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Regarding Packet Error] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], freebsd-net@freebsd.org > Date: Thursday, 10 July, 2008, 11:46 PM > At 10:27 AM 7/10/2008, Archimedes Gaviola wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'