The following reply was made to PR kern/29978; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Tino Wildenhain <tino@wildenhain.de>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/29978: tlp driver bad performance (transmit underrun)
	especially ANA-6944A
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 15:14:36 +0200

 Am Freitag, den 15.04.2005, 11:13 +0000 schrieb gnats-admin@netbsd.org:
 > Thank you very much for your problem report.
 > It has the internal identification `kern/29978'.
 > The individual assigned to look at your
 > report is: kern-bug-people. 
 > 
 > >Category:       kern
 > >Responsible:    kern-bug-people
 > >Synopsis:       tlp driver bad performance (transmit underrun) especially ANA-6944A
 > >Arrival-Date:   Fri Apr 15 11:13:00 +0000 2005
 
 Additional informations: 
 
 I added a 3com single card and 2 tlp single cards to the system
 to compare the drivers. Here is the buslayout (with linux)
 
 lspci -tv
 -[00]-+-00.0  Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
       +-01.0-[01]----00.0  ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x
 TMDS
       +-07.0  Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA
       +-07.1  Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE
       +-07.2  Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
       +-07.3  Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI
       +-08.0  3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
       +-09.0-[02]--+-04.0  Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140
 [FasterNet]
       |            +-05.0  Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140
 [FasterNet]
       |            +-06.0  Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140
 [FasterNet]
       |            \-07.0  Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140
 [FasterNet]
       +-0a.0  Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet]
       \-0b.0  Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet]
 
 
 (in all tests I run only console, no gfx)
 
 relevant dmesg output:
 
 ex0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: 3Com 3c905-TX 10/100 Ethernet (rev. 0x0)
 ex0: interrupting at irq 11
 ex0: MAC address 00:60:97:83:ab:6d
 nsphy0 at ex0 phy 24: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
 nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
 ppb1 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: Digital Equipment DC21152 PCI-PCI Bridge
 (rev. 0x03)
 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
 pci2: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, wr/inv ok
 tlp0 at pci2 dev 4 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
 tlp0: interrupting at irq 5
 tlp0: Adaptec ANA-6944A, Ethernet address 00:00:d1:1f:09:54
 nsphy1 at tlp0 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
 nsphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
 tlp1 at pci2 dev 5 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
 tlp1: sharing interrupt with tlp0
 tlp1: Adaptec ANA-6944A, Ethernet address 00:00:d1:1f:09:55
 nsphy2 at tlp1 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
 nsphy2: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
 tlp2 at pci2 dev 6 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
 tlp2: sharing interrupt with tlp0
 tlp2: Adaptec ANA-6944A, Ethernet address 00:00:d1:1f:09:56
 nsphy3 at tlp2 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
 nsphy3: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
 tlp3 at pci2 dev 7 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
 tlp3: sharing interrupt with tlp0
 tlp3: Adaptec ANA-6944A, Ethernet address 00:00:d1:1f:09:57
 nsphy4 at tlp3 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
 nsphy4: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
 tlp4 at pci0 dev 10 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
 tlp4: interrupting at irq 9
 tlp4: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:f6:c9:b3
 lxtphy0 at tlp4 phy 0: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
 lxtphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
 tlp5 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
 tlp5: interrupting at irq 10
 tlp5: Ethernet address 00:80:c8:f6:46:bd
 lxtphy1 at tlp5 phy 0: LXT970 10/100 media interface, rev. 1
 lxtphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
 
 =======================================================================
 ttcp test with 3com (ex0):
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=16384, align=16384/0, port=5001ttcp-t: socket
 ttcp-t: connect
 ttcp-t: 134217728 bytes in 12.02 real seconds = 10905.64 KB/sec +++
 ttcp-t: 134217728 bytes in 5.29 CPU seconds = 24769.54 KB/cpu sec
 ttcp-t: 16384 I/O calls, msec/call = 0.75, calls/sec = 1363.21
 ttcp-t: 0.0user 5.2sys 0:12real 43% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+17228pf 28096+33csw
 ttcp-t: buffer address 0x8050000
 
 =======================================================================
 ttcp test with AHA-6944A 1. Port (tlp0):
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=16384, align=16384/0, port=5001ttcp-t: socket
 ttcp-t: connect
 ttcp-t: 134217728 bytes in 30.47 real seconds = 4301.84 KB/sec +++
 ttcp-t: 134217728 bytes in 6.28 CPU seconds = 20873.48 KB/cpu sec
 ttcp-t: 16384 I/O calls, msec/call = 1.90, calls/sec = 537.73
 ttcp-t: 0.0user 6.1sys 0:30real 20% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+14937pf 38361+17csw
 ttcp-t: buffer address 0x8050000
 
 =======================================================================
 ttcp test with AHA-6944A 4. Port (tlp3):
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=16384, align=16384/0, port=5001ttcp-t: socket
 ttcp-t: connect
 ttcp-t: 134217728 bytes in 30.45 real seconds = 4304.97 KB/sec +++
 ttcp-t: 134217728 bytes in 6.15 CPU seconds = 21312.09 KB/cpu sec
 ttcp-t: 16384 I/O calls, msec/call = 1.90, calls/sec = 538.12
 ttcp-t: 0.0user 6.0sys 0:30real 20% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+14828pf 38473+18csw
 ttcp-t: buffer address 0x8050000
 
 =======================================================================
 ttcp test with single tlp-Card (tlp4):
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ttcp-t: buflen=8192, nbuf=16384, align=16384/0, port=5001ttcp-t: socket
 ttcp-t: connect
 ttcp-t: 134217728 bytes in 12.30 real seconds = 10654.03 KB/sec +++
 ttcp-t: 134217728 bytes in 5.96 CPU seconds = 22000.53 KB/cpu sec
 ttcp-t: 16384 I/O calls, msec/call = 0.77, calls/sec = 1331.75
 ttcp-t: 0.0user 5.9sys 0:12real 48% 0i+0d 0maxrss 0+17449pf 22722+42csw
 ttcp-t: buffer address 0x8050000
 
 
 We can see the performance with the single tlp card is much better.