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From: joerg.krause@embedded.rocks (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg?= Krause)
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:08:34 +0200
Subject: Low network throughput on i.MX28
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On Sat, 2016-10-29 at 11:08 +0200, Stefan Wahren wrote:
> > J?rg Krause <joerg.krause@embedded.rocks> hat am 29. Oktober 2016
> > um 01:07
> > geschrieben:
> > 
> > 
> > You mentioned [1] an optimization in the Freescale vendor Linux
> > kernel
> > [2]. I would really like to see this optimization in the mainline
> > kernel.
> > 
> > Did you ever tried to port this code from Freescale to mainline?
> 
> Yes, i tried once but i was frustrated soon because of the lot of
> required
> changes and resulting issues.

I can imagine.

> > 
> > Is it even possible, as the mainline driver uses the DMA engine?
> 
> I think the more important part would be analyse why the Mainline
> driver is
> slowlier. I mean to exactly identify the bottleneck.

I'll try to understand the driver implementation. However, I am not a
Linux kernel developer, so this will need some time for sure. Any help
will be appreciated!

> I don't have enough time and equipment for this. I better concentrate
> on standby
> support.

Many thanks for your work!

J?rg