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Re: [Xen-users] Slow windows network with gplpv driver.

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Slow windows network with gplpv driver.
From: John McMonagle <johnm@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:41 -0500
Cc: Anton <anton.list@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 08:33:19 pm Anton wrote:
> On 25 August 2010 12:46, John McMonagle <johnm@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 05:55:08 pm you wrote:
> >> Do you still have type=ioemu in the domU vif settings? I found
> >> removing that almost doubled network performance when the GPLPV
> >> drivers are installed.
> >> 
> >> I even seen references to replacing it with type=paravirtualized as
> >> well, but have compared that yet.
> > 
> > Had
> > vif=['mac=00:16:3E:30:E1:32' ]
> > Tried
> > vif=['type=paravirtualized', 'mac=00:16:3E:30:E1:32' ]
> > No change :-(
> 
> [whoops, my original reply didn't go to the list - fixed]
> 
> So you didn't have the type=ioemu anyway - oh well.
> 
> One minor point (that might not have any effect):
> 
> I think that vif line should probably be written like:
> 
> vif=['type=paravirtualized, mac=00:16:3E:30:E1:32' ]
> 
> The quotes either side of the comma should be removed to make it a
> single string.
> 
> I think...
> 
> vif=['type=paravirtualized', 'mac=00:16:3E:30:E1:32' ]
> 
Yes indeed. Was 2 interfaces.
Fixed and now have just one.
Speed  is still the same :-(


> ...will actually be creating two different interfaces - one with the
> type setting and a second one with the MAC setting. The
> paravirtualized setting might not have been applied to your actual
> interface, but I don't know that will actually make any difference
> anyway.
> 
> http://wiki.xen.org/xenwiki/XenNetworking

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