Re: [PATCH v2] net: mvneta: Fix Serdes configuration for 2.5Gbps modes

[Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 12:30:31PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 12:22:13PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:42:08AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> > > With the obvious mistakes fixed (extraneous 'i' and lack of default
> > > case), it seems to still work on Armada 388 Clearfog Pro with 2.5G
> > > modules.
> > 
> > ... and the other bug fixed - mvneta_comphy_init() needs to be passed
> > the interface mode.
> 
> Unrelated to the patch, has anyone noticed that mvneta's performance
> seems to have reduced?  I've only just noticed it (which makes 2.5Gbps
> rather pointless).  This is iperf between two clearfogs with a 2.5G
> fibre link:
> 
> root@clearfog21:~# iperf -V -c fe80::250:43ff:fe02:303%eno2
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Client connecting to fe80::250:43ff:fe02:303%eno2, TCP port 5001
> TCP window size: 43.8 KByte (default)
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> [  3] local fe80::250:43ff:fe21:203 port 48928 connected with fe80::250:43ff:fe02:303 port 5001
> [ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
> [  3]  0.0-10.0 sec   553 MBytes   464 Mbits/sec
> 
> I checked with Jon Nettleton, and he confirms my recollection that
> mvneta on Armada 388 used to be able to fill a 2.5Gbps link.
> 
> If Armada 388 can't manage, then I suspect Armada XP will have worse
> performance being an earlier revision SoC.

I only have one board with a Armada XP here which has a loopback cable
between two ports. It gives me:

[  3] local 172.16.1.4 port 47002 connected with 172.16.1.0 port 5001
[ ID] Interval       Transfer     Bandwidth
[  3]  0.0-10.0 sec  1.27 GBytes  1.09 Gbits/sec

Still not 2.5Gbps, but at least twice the data rate you get, plus my
board has to handle both ends of the link.

Sascha

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