Kernel for A64 git
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So I've spent some time running tests on the Gb ethernet and am getting some odd results.  While it is possible to get 600Mbps throughput, it's also possible to get just 400:


Code:
[localhost.localdomain]/root: iperf -c 192.168.2.1 -t 300 -i 10 -P 1
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.2.1, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 49.6 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  3] local 192.168.2.2 port 44710 connected with 192.168.2.1 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0-10.0 sec   712 MBytes   597 Mbits/sec
[  3] 10.0-20.0 sec   716 MBytes   600 Mbits/sec
[  3] 20.0-30.0 sec   716 MBytes   600 Mbits/sec
[  3] 30.0-40.0 sec   716 MBytes   600 Mbits/sec
[  3] 40.0-50.0 sec   716 MBytes   600 Mbits/sec
[  3] 50.0-60.0 sec   710 MBytes   595 Mbits/sec
...  looks okay
[localhost.localdomain]/root: ifconfig eth0 down
[localhost.localdomain]/root: ifconfig eth0 up
[localhost.localdomain]/root: ifconfig eth0 192.168.2.2
[localhost.localdomain]/root: iperf -c 192.168.2.1 -t 300 -i 10 -P 1
------------------------------------------------------------
Client connecting to 192.168.2.1, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 90.2 KByte (default)
------------------------------------------------------------
[  3] local 192.168.2.2 port 44711 connected with 192.168.2.1 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0-10.0 sec   465 MBytes   390 Mbits/sec
[  3] 10.0-20.0 sec   467 MBytes   392 Mbits/sec
[  3] 20.0-30.0 sec   466 MBytes   391 Mbits/sec
[  3] 30.0-40.0 sec   467 MBytes   392 Mbits/sec
[  3] 40.0-50.0 sec   467 MBytes   392 Mbits/sec
[  3] 50.0-60.0 sec   467 MBytes   392 Mbits/sec
[  3] 60.0-70.0 sec   467 MBytes   392 Mbits/sec
[  3] 70.0-80.0 sec   467 MBytes   392 Mbits/sec
[  3] 80.0-90.0 sec   467 MBytes   392 Mbits/sec
...

Huh?  Looks like there's something in the GMAC device or the PHY that's not being set properly (resetting the eth0 device appears to power-cycle the PHY, if the LEDs are any indication).  Note that this is pretty hard to reproduce -- 9 out of 10 times the throughput doesn't change.  Also, the ethernet controller doesn't always come up in the faster mode; again, it is somewhat random but skews towards the higher-speed mode.

I was able to rule out thermal throttling here, as this test can take a couple of minutes to push the SoC's temperature to the point where the CPU speed drops to 1.1GHz, and even then, the throughput only falls to around 580Mbps.


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Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-14-2016, 03:00 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by drag00n - 02-14-2016, 04:12 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-14-2016, 04:28 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by drag00n - 02-14-2016, 04:31 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by umiddelb - 02-15-2016, 07:25 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-15-2016, 11:05 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by umiddelb - 02-15-2016, 12:11 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-15-2016, 12:35 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-21-2016, 06:47 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-22-2016, 03:09 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-23-2016, 02:53 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tllim - 02-23-2016, 04:28 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by patrickhwood - 02-23-2016, 10:13 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-24-2016, 12:36 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tllim - 02-24-2016, 06:54 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-25-2016, 01:16 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by umiddelb - 02-25-2016, 05:04 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by patrickhwood - 02-25-2016, 10:01 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by duanhongyi - 02-25-2016, 01:51 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-25-2016, 06:15 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by umiddelb - 02-26-2016, 02:46 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-26-2016, 09:15 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 02-28-2016, 03:36 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by patrickhwood - 03-02-2016, 09:52 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by patrickhwood - 03-04-2016, 11:45 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 03-05-2016, 03:41 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 03-06-2016, 10:36 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tllim - 03-06-2016, 10:47 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 03-06-2016, 10:59 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 03-12-2016, 03:14 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 03-12-2016, 10:39 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by sbhere - 03-13-2016, 09:34 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 03-17-2016, 09:14 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 03-19-2016, 03:32 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tllim - 03-19-2016, 08:41 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by duanhongyi - 03-23-2016, 06:27 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Andrew2 - 03-23-2016, 06:32 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by janjwerner - 03-23-2016, 12:51 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by falk.ben@gmail.com - 03-24-2016, 01:16 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by janjwerner - 03-24-2016, 06:42 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by keiothic - 03-30-2016, 03:00 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 03-30-2016, 06:18 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by janjwerner - 03-30-2016, 07:47 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by patrickhwood - 03-31-2016, 08:49 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 03-31-2016, 10:42 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 03-31-2016, 11:58 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by DaveKram - 04-01-2016, 07:21 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 04-01-2016, 09:54 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 04-03-2016, 03:03 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by mane - 04-07-2016, 03:08 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 04-08-2016, 09:26 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 04-08-2016, 10:13 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 04-11-2016, 01:21 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 04-11-2016, 12:01 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 04-16-2016, 03:49 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tomekr - 04-16-2016, 07:11 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 04-16-2016, 07:56 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by rahlquist - 04-16-2016, 06:33 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Hart - 04-16-2016, 09:42 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by peterz - 04-17-2016, 03:26 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by peterz - 04-17-2016, 04:44 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by thantik - 04-17-2016, 01:22 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Hart - 04-17-2016, 05:14 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 04-20-2016, 09:05 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by jocover - 04-21-2016, 02:01 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Pirin - 04-23-2016, 09:28 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 04-23-2016, 09:33 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Pirin - 04-23-2016, 09:50 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 04-23-2016, 01:15 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 04-25-2016, 04:05 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by insignia96 - 04-27-2016, 12:09 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 04-27-2016, 10:50 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-02-2016, 01:55 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-03-2016, 03:14 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tkaiser - 05-06-2016, 10:02 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-06-2016, 10:47 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tkaiser - 05-06-2016, 11:16 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by janjwerner - 05-06-2016, 11:21 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tkaiser - 05-07-2016, 01:06 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 01:14 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 04:24 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 05-07-2016, 05:40 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 05:45 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tkaiser - 05-07-2016, 06:08 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by rahlquist - 05-07-2016, 06:20 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 06:28 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tkaiser - 05-07-2016, 06:37 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by rahlquist - 05-07-2016, 06:54 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tllim - 05-07-2016, 11:15 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 05-07-2016, 06:48 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 06:57 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tkaiser - 05-07-2016, 07:03 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 07:04 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 05-07-2016, 08:13 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tkaiser - 05-07-2016, 09:36 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 05-07-2016, 10:54 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 08:19 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 11:26 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by rhkean - 05-07-2016, 03:10 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-07-2016, 03:28 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-16-2016, 02:30 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 05-19-2016, 12:24 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-19-2016, 12:42 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 05-19-2016, 01:25 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-21-2016, 12:24 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-24-2016, 03:49 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 05-26-2016, 01:44 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 05-27-2016, 12:14 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by lvcargnini - 05-27-2016, 03:43 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 05-27-2016, 09:30 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 06-17-2016, 02:32 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 07-05-2016, 11:57 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 07-16-2016, 02:47 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Luxus - 07-10-2016, 02:45 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by xalius - 07-10-2016, 03:22 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 07-16-2016, 06:25 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 07-17-2016, 10:14 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by scorn4society - 07-24-2016, 12:57 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 07-24-2016, 01:02 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by xalius - 07-16-2016, 12:12 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by dkulinski - 07-18-2016, 07:47 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 07-20-2016, 05:37 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by modsbyus - 07-24-2016, 05:08 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 07-24-2016, 08:04 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by xalius - 07-27-2016, 11:34 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 07-27-2016, 02:36 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Drakuwa - 08-10-2016, 10:28 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 08-10-2016, 10:34 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Drakuwa - 08-10-2016, 10:48 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 08-20-2016, 03:52 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by RaimundEge - 08-22-2016, 04:14 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 08-22-2016, 11:38 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by nSkaarup - 08-25-2016, 08:06 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 09-16-2016, 07:30 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 09-17-2016, 06:04 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 09-18-2016, 02:00 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Detritus - 09-19-2016, 04:23 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Terra854 - 09-19-2016, 07:59 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by fneves - 09-27-2016, 06:12 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by v.podzimek - 10-12-2016, 09:56 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 10-12-2016, 10:01 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by v.podzimek - 10-23-2016, 08:19 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 10-23-2016, 06:52 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by MarkHaysHarris777 - 10-23-2016, 08:07 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by mrv - 10-23-2016, 12:49 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 10-29-2016, 07:09 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by hahn - 10-29-2016, 07:15 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tllim - 10-31-2016, 04:20 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by androsch - 11-10-2016, 04:21 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 11-17-2016, 01:15 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by androsch - 11-17-2016, 02:10 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by androsch - 11-18-2016, 12:52 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 11-20-2016, 08:56 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by androsch - 11-21-2016, 01:07 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by ak_hepcat - 12-07-2016, 05:49 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by waldo - 11-01-2016, 01:29 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by stepw - 11-01-2016, 09:22 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by marcus - 11-02-2016, 09:31 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by gkkpch - 11-06-2016, 02:09 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by MarkHaysHarris777 - 11-18-2016, 01:45 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by benjanyan - 12-03-2016, 05:05 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by pfeerick - 12-03-2016, 06:27 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 12-16-2016, 02:57 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by tllim - 12-16-2016, 07:46 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by androsch - 12-17-2016, 01:42 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by HenryD - 12-21-2016, 12:24 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 12-21-2016, 12:34 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by default - 01-06-2017, 05:44 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by mbt28 - 01-23-2017, 02:20 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by mont3z - 01-26-2017, 03:47 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by mbt28 - 01-27-2017, 02:33 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by longsleep - 03-11-2017, 12:19 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by hahn - 03-12-2017, 02:43 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by chadbhowell - 03-11-2017, 08:16 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Charles - 09-05-2017, 04:57 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Miguel Campos - 03-25-2018, 03:49 AM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by dkryder - 03-25-2018, 02:16 PM
RE: Kernel for A64 git - by Luke - 03-25-2018, 03:25 PM

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