From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B51633B29E for ; Sat, 4 Nov 2017 13:25:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from hms-beagle2.lan ([80.135.75.10]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0M6fXs-1dEVeZ0CAu-00wRN0; Sat, 04 Nov 2017 18:25:15 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) From: Sebastian Moeller In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 18:25:13 +0100 Cc: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <2A142BA8-7F40-48CE-8814-D09FD3FA99A7@gmx.de> References: <535CD0D7-CB3A-4C42-AB13-548313F9002A@gmail.com> <11277896-AEBE-4C29-8E9F-35CC4307DA35@gmx.de> To: Pete Heist X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:P3RTSiuamzFCM9j/1F3/b2ZMnB9/lVYENBLXp6EeVru7mwD76+J VAZ5YvhW/74e5RMyTkwkYpdRY1mYovnlCdrMCGtRix8uAb1Ov3MdMljbbDUHA7Yx2CV8Qwr XEL4TDSBVt+dNnbpB4ppvrnEYlQQUqq5RKqWanJNA7WzWuTBuHZk382c7bLs2aQeDFvS2X7 C+6UZ1QoT9dPpV5WVH9MQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:3Jgk4M9eSP0=:2j8js8eDIhPnogxkZq88xI +PNm2kUoavnnXxNy+AKQRnaSPnlSc3eAmcWuki1BnOgC8y1wubqTouOvmLBKaHKtc2L8/wLXm ROZUV/3t5YZ5RFvbsRCWr52XcCEsIoXohUPsk2XwxJTY36Z4KQc/HVDlJpLXO9DgcnoaxpCeo tkVhoBiw8lgpZIZ1CvRSCvZjzss9zTyYMR+uza+ZLcyG6mLfi27f9sLv2nhARmKEFHlhx5C0j V0afuJ+Qcpdf9LJqnf0Fjtr2uU5qgArr9eQg9kOtuoId1D7DUhVYgf/qBpEobbbjO7QCft9tL brYpC/0UBDagOrVr+kR2YPp5HuGRKQ4FwGVTXycid7tncX3sh1sMv2mAPbBIwLtah2ZpKCsfO iXpdLOtL8Wp5Gujuy3JN6z4vAiF72MTEnLRxU/TZ6NoYBCkxJzY1tgVPhQvCx3ckjsviwnHvQ 2qrpTXLYrOt/q2tFGgj5trTffyLFXBUP/vdjkZ3PYAS9CLE8nVLVnHD3PMUGOOtoabKdGHE2X hREvWdOuzZSHsbSrh8YBKv+m0JOvMCZVDp8BUXK+SrrDU0zNIBF51l59+iW2eOz4MoZtkS2KI q9LCT0X6UdGp6jLAEUb0JqfO1yPLduATdereGQaqHeT1381uBfqoKsU9q4pRR1SGy/WE9Wrmr UAojClpjfDm1rGcgZRzzegVvSwe+COKsfZ4c2ARwkv/wJFeFwLki/WH6J/k+x0XD5bHxdVP45 Yq/FYzhhRjyOIHF93ZnFKWbegq3XSqGNtwhVNmnXHr1o5t8V7IkwTRL7CNP4sPfDfLlDCPNnt QgWY5TCLdIE/E9mCRMUB+2T/VgwLKBJQRSvc6l966wNsSvu4+E= Subject: Re: [Make-wifi-fast] Flent test hardware X-BeenThere: make-wifi-fast@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2017 17:25:17 -0000 Hi Pete, > On Nov 4, 2017, at 17:33, Pete Heist wrote: >=20 >=20 >> On Nov 4, 2017, at 4:06 PM, Sebastian Moeller = wrote: >>=20 >> Hi Pete, >>=20 >> I like = https://www.amazon.de/HP-ProLiant-MicroServer-G1610T-SATA-Server/dp/B013UB= CHVU/ref=3Dsr_1_1?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1509807007&sr=3D8-1&keywords=3Dhp+prolia= nt+microserver+gen8 >>=20 >> quite a lot. It comes with 2 ethernet controllers and ports >> 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 = Gigabit Ethernet PCIe >> 03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 = Gigabit Ethernet PCIe >> as far as I can tell these support BQL, but I am not 100% sure... >> and will also allow to replace the slightly anemic celeron with a = xeon or an i3 or i5, at around 211EUR still a good catch, but a bit on = the high side of your list, but it comes with 4GB ecc memory already... >=20 > That looks like a great option. It=E2=80=99s a little more than I=E2=80=99= d hoped to spend, but also more than I expected to get for this price. >=20 > Can I ask, can you tell if it's using the tg3 driver, Sure, > either with lsmod, or "dmesg | grep -i ethernet=E2=80=9D, user@work-horse:~$ dmesg | grep -i ethernet [ 0.867370] tg3 0000:03:00.0 eth0: attached PHY is 5720C = (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[1]) [ 1.495403] tg3 0000:03:00.1 eth1: attached PHY is 5720C = (10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet) (WireSpeed[1], EEE[1]) > or =E2=80=9Cethtool -i eth0=E2=80=9D, user@work-horse:~$ ethtool -i eth0 driver: tg3 version: 3.137 firmware-version: 5720-v1.37 NCSI v1.3.12.0 expansion-rom-version:=20 bus-info: 0000:03:00.0 supports-statistics: yes supports-test: yes supports-eeprom-access: yes supports-register-dump: yes supports-priv-flags: no user@work-horse:~$ ethtool -k eth0 Features for eth0: rx-checksumming: on tx-checksumming: on tx-checksum-ipv4: on tx-checksum-ip-generic: off [fixed] tx-checksum-ipv6: on tx-checksum-fcoe-crc: off [fixed] tx-checksum-sctp: off [fixed] scatter-gather: on tx-scatter-gather: on tx-scatter-gather-fraglist: off [fixed] tcp-segmentation-offload: on tx-tcp-segmentation: on tx-tcp-ecn-segmentation: on tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation: off tx-tcp6-segmentation: on udp-fragmentation-offload: off [fixed] generic-segmentation-offload: on generic-receive-offload: on large-receive-offload: off [fixed] rx-vlan-offload: on [fixed] tx-vlan-offload: on [fixed] ntuple-filters: off [fixed] receive-hashing: off [fixed] highdma: on rx-vlan-filter: off [fixed] vlan-challenged: off [fixed] tx-lockless: off [fixed] netns-local: off [fixed] tx-gso-robust: off [fixed] tx-fcoe-segmentation: off [fixed] tx-gre-segmentation: off [fixed] tx-gre-csum-segmentation: off [fixed] tx-ipxip4-segmentation: off [fixed] tx-ipxip6-segmentation: off [fixed] tx-udp_tnl-segmentation: off [fixed] tx-udp_tnl-csum-segmentation: off [fixed] tx-gso-partial: off [fixed] tx-sctp-segmentation: off [fixed] fcoe-mtu: off [fixed] tx-nocache-copy: off loopback: off [fixed] rx-fcs: off [fixed] rx-all: off [fixed] tx-vlan-stag-hw-insert: off [fixed] rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse: off [fixed] rx-vlan-stag-filter: off [fixed] l2-fwd-offload: off [fixed] busy-poll: off [fixed] hw-tc-offload: off [fixed] > or similar? If so, I see BQL support in that code, I believe sometime in the past I confirmed BQL working, but my = memory is hazy and this might have been a different machine... > and it=E2=80=99s listed as having hardware timestamp support for PTP = (http://linuxptp.sourceforge.net). Looks great... >=20 > I see a Gen 10 available here for slightly more with the same BCM5720 = NIC, and a AMD Opteron X3216 instead, plus 8 gigs of RAM, which I = don=E2=80=99t need really, but I can search more for similar hardware: = https://www.alza.cz/hpe-proliant-microserver-gen10-d5127723.htm?o=3D1 Then gen10 microserver while newer comes with a soldered in = pre-ZEN amd cpu and seems less extensible then the gen8, but then the = gen10 probly is also a decent machine. best regards Sebastian >=20 > Thanks for the tip! >=20