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Message-ID: <yw1xsi4coc58.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:15:31 +0000
From: Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
To: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, romieu@...zoreil.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
slash.tmp@...e.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] net: ethernet: add driver for Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> writes:
> On Wed, 2015-11-11 at 13:48 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> writes:
>>
>> > On Wed, 2015-11-11 at 13:04 +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> >
>> >> I tried that, and throughput (as measured by iperf3) dropped by 2%.
>> >> Maybe I did something wrong.
>> >
>> > What link speed have you used, what was the throughput you got,
>> > and is the receiver using the same NIC ?
>>
>> 1Gbps link, 640 Mbps TCP transmit throughput to a PC with Intel NIC.
>> Why does it matter what NIC the receiver has?
>
> Because at 1Gb line rate, you better get GRO properly implemented in the
> receiver, so that TCP stack does not send one ACK every 2 MSS.
>
> Send speed is also dependent on the number of ACK packets the sender has
> to process.
>
> This is why I suggested you use napi_gro_receive() in your driver.
FWIW, with UDP I get 650 Mbps.
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Måns Rullgård
mans@...sr.com
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