7.1-PRERELEASE : bad network performance (nfe0)

firmdog at gmail.com firmdog at gmail.com
Sun Sep 28 18:13:00 UTC 2008


I have the same problem on a Dell Poweredge SC440 when I transferred over
50GB
from a FreeBSD 5.4 box to my new Dell running 7.1.  Used a crossover cable
and
the link was 1000 full duplex, but could only get about 10M/s.  Very odd.
Did a
tcpdump and saw lots of bad checksum errors.

What other troubleshooting steps can we take?  What could be the problem?


[root at gray ~]# uname -a
FreeBSD  7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Sep  2 02:27:56 EDT
2008     andy at gray.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

pciconf showing the NIC:

bge0 at pci0:5:0:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x01df1028 chip=0x167a14e4
rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'Broadcom Corporation'
    device     = 'BCM5754 Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
    class      = network
    subclass   = ethernet
    cap 01[48] = powerspec 3  supports D0 D3  current D0
    cap 03[50] = VPD
    cap 09[58] = vendor (length 120)
    cap 05[e8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
    cap 10[d0] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint

from sysctl

dev.bge.0.%desc: Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Controller, ASIC rev.
0xb002
dev.bge.0.%driver: bge
dev.bge.0.%location: slot=0 function=0
dev.bge.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x14e4 device=0x167a subvendor=0x1028
subdevice=0x01df class=0x020000
dev.bge.0.%parent: pci5
dev.miibus.0.%desc: MII bus
dev.miibus.0.%driver: miibus
dev.miibus.0.%parent: bge0
dev.brgphy.0.%desc: BCM5787 10/100/1000baseTX PHY


On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Arno J. Klaassen
<arno at heho.snv.jussieu.fr>wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've serious network performance problems on a HP Turion X2
> based brand new notebook; I only used a 7-1Beta CD and
> 7-STABLE on this thing.
>
> Scp-ing ports.tgz from a rock-stable 7-STABLE server to it gives :
>
>  # scp -p ports.tgz login at mv:/tmp/
>    ports.tgz                             100%   98MB  88.7KB/s   18:49
>
> (doing the same thing by copy from an nfs-mounted disk even
>  takes mores than an hour ...)
>
>
> Doing a top(1) aside, just shows the box 100% idle :
>
>  PID USERNAME PRI NICE   SIZE    RES STATE  C   TIME   WCPU COMMAND
>   12 root     171 ki31     0K    16K CPU0   0  38:55 100.00% idle: cpu0
>   11 root     171 ki31     0K    16K RUN    1  38:55 100.00% idle: cpu1
>   13 root     -32    -     0K    16K WAIT   0   0:02  0.00% swi4: clock sio
>   29 root     -68    -     0K    16K -      0   0:00  0.00% nfe0 taskq
>   34 root     -64    -     0K    16K WAIT   1   0:00  0.00% irq23: atapci1
>  1853 root       8    0  7060K  1920K wait   0   0:00  0.00% sh
>  878 nono      44    0  8112K  2288K CPU1   1   0:00  0.00% top
>  884 root       8    -     0K    16K -      1   0:00  0.00% nfsiod 0
>    4 root      -8    -     0K    16K -      1   0:00  0.00% g_down
>   16 root     -16    -     0K    16K -      1   0:00  0.00% yarrow
>   46 root      20    -     0K    16K syncer 0   0:00  0.00% syncer
>    3 root      -8    -     0K    16K -      0   0:00  0.00% g_up
>   30 root     -68    -     0K    16K -      0   0:00  0.00% fw0_taskq
>
>
> I tested :
>
>  Update Bios
>  ULE /4BSD
>  PREEMPTION on/off
>  PREEMPTION + IPI_PREEMPTION
>  hw.nfe.msi[x]_disable=1
>
> All don't seem to matter to the problem.
>
> I put two tcpdumps (server and client during another scp(1) ) on
>  http://bare.snv.jussieu.fr/temp/tcpdump-s1518.server
>  http://bare.snv.jussieu.fr/temp/tcpdump-s1518.client
>
> I'm far from an expert on TCP/IP, but wireshark "expert info" shows
> lots of sequences like :
>
>  TCP Previous segment lost
>  TCP Duplicate ACK 1
>  TCP Window update
>  TCP Duplicate ACK 2
>  TCP Duplicate ACK 3
>  TCP Duplicate ACK 4
>  TCP Duplicate ACK 5
>  TCP Fast retransmission (suspected)
>  TCP ...
>  TCP Out-of-Order segment
>  TCP ...
>
>
> As usual, feel free to contact me for further info/tests.
>
> Thanx, Arno
>
> ##### uname -a
> FreeBSD mv 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Fri Sep 26 15:06:07
> CEST 2008     root at m39.scito.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PAVILLON  amd64
>
> ##### pciconf -lcv (bits)
> nfe0 at pci0:0:6:0:        class=0x020000 card=0x30cf103c chip=0x045010de
> rev=0xa3 hdr=0x00
>    vendor     = 'Nvidia Corp'
>    device     = 'MCP65 Ethernet'
>    class      = network
>    subclass   = ethernet
>    cap 01[44] = powerspec 2  supports D0 D1 D2 D3  current D0
>
>
> ##### dmesg -a
>
> Copyright (c) 1992-2008 The FreeBSD Project.
> Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
>        The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
> FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
> FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Fri Sep 26 15:06:07 CEST 2008
>    root at m39.scito.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PAVILLON
> Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193250 Hz quality 0
> CPU: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-62 (2109.70-MHz K8-class
> CPU)
>  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x60f82  Stepping = 2
>
>  Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
>  Features2=0x2001<SSE3,CX16>
>  AMD Features=0xea500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!>
>  AMD Features2=0x11f<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,Prefetch>
>  Cores per package: 2
> usable memory = 3210813440 (3062 MB)
> avail memory  = 3104542720 (2960 MB)
> ACPI APIC Table: <HP             APIC  >
> FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
>  cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
>  cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
> ioapic0 <Version 1.1> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
> kbd1 at kbdmux0
> ath_hal: 0.9.20.3 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
> acpi0: <HPQOEM SLIC-MPC> on motherboard
> acpi0: [ITHREAD]
> acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
> ACPI Error (dsopcode-0671): Field [I9MN] at 544 exceeds Buffer [IORT] size
> 464 (bits) [20070320]
> ACPI Error (psparse-0626): Method parse/execution failed
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.PMIO._CRS] (Node 0xffffff00011f50a0), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT
> ACPI Error (uteval-0309): Method execution failed
> [\\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.PMIO._CRS] (Node 0xffffff00011f50a0), AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT
> can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.PCI0.LPC0.PMIO - AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT
> Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
> acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x1008-0x100b on acpi0
> acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x10> port 0x62,0x66 on acpi0
> acpi_hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on
> acpi0
> Timecounter "HPET" frequency 25000000 Hz quality 900
> acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
> battery0: <ACPI Control Method Battery> on acpi0
> acpi_lid0: <Control Method Lid Switch> on acpi0
> pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
> pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
> pci0: <memory, RAM> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
> isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> port 0x1d00-0x1dff at device 1.0 on pci0
> isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
> pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 1.1 (no driver attached)
> pci0: <processor> at device 1.3 (no driver attached)
> ohci0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> mem 0xf2486000-0xf2486fff irq 18 at
> device 2.0 on pci0
> ohci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> ohci0: [ITHREAD]
> usb0: OHCI version 1.0, legacy support
> usb0: <OHCI (generic) USB controller> on ohci0
> usb0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub0: <nVidia OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb0
> uhub0: 10 ports with 10 removable, self powered
> ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xf2488000-0xf24880ff irq 17
> at device 2.1 on pci0
> ehci0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> ehci0: [ITHREAD]
> usb1: EHCI version 1.0
> usb1: companion controller, 10 ports each: usb0
> usb1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> on ehci0
> usb1: USB revision 2.0
> uhub1: <nVidia EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usb1
> uhub1: 10 ports with 10 removable, self powered
> ugen0: <QCM HP Webcam, class 239/2, rev 2.00/1.10, addr 2> on uhub1
> nfe0: <NVIDIA nForce MCP65 Networking Adapter> port 0x30e0-0x30e7 mem
> 0xf2487000-0xf2487fff irq 20 at device 6.0 on pci0
> miibus0: <MII bus> on nfe0
> rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211B media interface> PHY 1 on miibus0
> rgephy0:  10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseT,
> 1000baseT-FDX, auto
> nfe0: Ethernet address: 00:1e:68:5a:d2:e1
> nfe0: [FILTER]
> pci0: <multimedia> at device 7.0 (no driver attached)
> pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 8.0 on pci0
> pci_link0: BIOS IRQ 15 for 7.5.INTA is invalid
> pci_link1: BIOS IRQ 10 for 7.5.INTB is invalid
> pci7: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
> fwohci0: <1394 Open Host Controller Interface> irq 9 at device 5.0 on pci7
> fwohci0: [FILTER]
> fwohci0: OHCI version 1.10 (ROM=0)
> fwohci0: No. of Isochronous channels is 4.
> fwohci0: EUI64 00:24:1b:00:a1:b7:e8:00
> fwohci0: Phy 1394a available S400, 1 ports.
> fwohci0: Link S400, max_rec 2048 bytes.
> firewire0: <IEEE1394(FireWire) bus> on fwohci0
> fwe0: <Ethernet over FireWire> on firewire0
> if_fwe0: Fake Ethernet address: 02:24:1b:b7:e8:00
> fwe0: Ethernet address: 02:24:1b:b7:e8:00
> fwip0: <IP over FireWire> on firewire0
> fwip0: Firewire address: 00:24:1b:00:a1:b7:e8:00 @ 0xfffe00000000, S400,
> maxrec 2048
> sbp0: <SBP-2/SCSI over FireWire> on firewire0
> dcons_crom0: <dcons configuration ROM> on firewire0
> dcons_crom0: bus_addr 0x2550000
> fwohci0: Initiate bus reset
> fwohci0: BUS reset
> fwohci0: node_id=0xc800ffc0, gen=1, CYCLEMASTER mode
> pci7: <base peripheral> at device 5.1 (no driver attached)
> pci7: <base peripheral> at device 5.2 (no driver attached)
> pci7: <base peripheral> at device 5.3 (no driver attached)
> pci7: <base peripheral> at device 5.4 (no driver attached)
> atapci0: <nVidia nForce MCP65 UDMA133 controller> port
> 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x30c0-0x30cf at device 9.0 on pci0
> ata0: <ATA channel 0> on atapci0
> ata0: [ITHREAD]
> ata1: <ATA channel 1> on atapci0
> ata1: [ITHREAD]
> atapci1: <nVidia ATA controller> port
> 0x30f8-0x30ff,0x30ec-0x30ef,0x30f0-0x30f7,0x30e8-0x30eb,0x30d0-0x30df mem
> 0xf2484000-0xf2485fff irq 23 at device 10.0 on pci0
> atapci1: [ITHREAD]
> ata2: <ATA channel 0> on atapci1
> ata2: [ITHREAD]
> ata3: <ATA channel 1> on atapci1
> ata3: [ITHREAD]
> pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 11.0 on pci0
> pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
> pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 12.0 on pci0
> pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
> ath0: <Atheros 5424/2424> mem 0xf2000000-0xf200ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on
> pci3
> ath0: [ITHREAD]
> ath0: unable to attach hardware; HAL status 13
> device_attach: ath0 attach returned 6
> pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 13.0 on pci0
> pci5: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
> vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> port 0x4000-0x407f mem
> 0xce000000-0xceffffff,0xd0000000-0xdfffffff,0xcc000000-0xcdffffff irq 19 at
> device 0.0 on pci5
> pcib5: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 14.0 on pci0
> pci9: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib5
> acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
> acpi_button1: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
> acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
> acpi_tz0: _CRT value is absurd, ignored (-72.6C)
> atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
> atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
> kbd0 at atkbd0
> atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> atkbd0: [ITHREAD]
> psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
> psm0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
> psm0: [ITHREAD]
> psm0: model IntelliMouse, device ID 3
> cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
> acpi_throttle0: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu0
> powernow0: <PowerNow! K8> on cpu0
> cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
> acpi_throttle1: <ACPI CPU Throttling> on cpu1
> acpi_throttle1: failed to attach P_CNT
> device_attach: acpi_throttle1 attach returned 6
> powernow1: <PowerNow! K8> on cpu1
> orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xcd800-0xcefff,0xdf000-0xdffff on isa0
> ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
> sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
> sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
> sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> sio0: port may not be enabled
> sio0: configured irq 4 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> sio0: port may not be enabled
> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on isa0
> sio0: type 8250 or not responding
> sio0: [FILTER]
> sio1: configured irq 3 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0
> sio1: port may not be enabled
> vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
> Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
> firewire0: 1 nodes, maxhop <= 0, cable IRM = 0 (me)
> firewire0: bus manager 0 (me)
> acpi_tz0: _CRT value is absurd, ignored (-72.6C)
> acd0: DVDR <TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632N/0503> at ata0-master PIO4
> ad4: 305245MB <FUJITSU MHZ2320BH G2 8909> at ata2-master UDMA33
> GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider acd0 is iso9660/CDROM.
> SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
> GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider ad4s2 is ntfs/HP_RECOVERY.
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