Re: NetBSD 5.1 TCP performance issue (lots of ACK)

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 01:57:22PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 07:51:43PM +0200, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > > 
> > > If this hasn't been adjusted to match the Linux driver, you might
> > > want to take a quick look at the values it uses and see whether
> > > they yield better small-buffer performance in your case.
> > 
> > I looked quickly at this and came up with the attached patch.
> 
> I think what Simon tested was the change to the moderation timers
> and thresholds only -- not to the total number of descriptors in
> use.  Might be worth checking to see whether that is what's causing
> the input errors you're seeing.

I also tested with the original value (256) and I did get the same
errors. I increased it in case the errors were because the adapter
was overflowing the receive ring.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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