netdev - Re: throughput problems with realtek

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Message-ID: <52D6B5F4.1060201@hp.com>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:23:16 -0800
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
	romieu@...zoreil.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
CC:	l.moiseichuk@...sung.com
Subject: Re: throughput problems with realtek

On 01/15/2014 03:56 AM, Dmitry Kasatkin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We have several devices with such adapter..
>
> Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411
> PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06)
> See output of the lspci -vvv bellow...
>
> And I suddenly investigated throughput issues..
>
> After couple minutes of running 'iperf -c server' transmission speed
> drops substantially...
>
> [  4]  0.0-10.0 sec  1.10 GBytes   948 Mbits/sec
> [  5] local 106.122.1.113 port 5001 connected with 106.122.1.121 port 60508
> [  5]  0.0-10.0 sec  1.10 GBytes   948 Mbits/sec
> [  4] local 106.122.1.113 port 5001 connected with 106.122.1.121 port 60509
> [  4]  0.0-10.0 sec  1.10 GBytes   949 Mbits/sec
> [  5] local 106.122.1.113 port 5001 connected with 106.122.1.121 port 60510
> [  5]  0.0-10.0 sec  1.10 GBytes   948 Mbits/sec
> [  4] local 106.122.1.113 port 5001 connected with 106.122.1.121 port 60511
> [  4]  0.0-10.0 sec   626 MBytes   525 Mbits/sec
> [  5] local 106.122.1.113 port 5001 connected with 106.122.1.121 port 60512
> [  5]  0.0-10.0 sec  84.4 MBytes  70.5 Mbits/sec
> [  4] local 106.122.1.113 port 5001 connected with 106.122.1.121 port 60513
> [  4]  0.0-10.0 sec  87.4 MBytes  73.0 Mbits/sec
> [  5] local 106.122.1.113 port 5001 connected with 106.122.1.121 port 60514
>
>
> But it seems after certain time of inactivity (low load) speed will be
> up again...
>
> It happens almost the same way on desktop machines and also on Samsung
> Series 7 laptop NP770Z5E...
>
> Does anyone have any ideas about it?
>

The card flipping back and forth between 1000 and 100 Mbit/s operation 
perhaps?

rick jones
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