Re: merge bouyer-xenpvh to HEAD

[Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost>]

Here is the justification of my interest in this topic:
...

# iperf3 -c f12x                 # FreeBSD12 guest, xn0 adapter
Connecting to host f12x, port 5201
[  7] local 192.168.0.29 port 65296 connected to 192.168.0.203 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  7]   0.00-1.00   sec   107 MBytes   901 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   1.00-2.00   sec   110 MBytes   923 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   2.00-3.00   sec   111 MBytes   930 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   3.00-4.00   sec   111 MBytes   932 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   4.00-5.00   sec   111 MBytes   933 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   5.00-6.00   sec   111 MBytes   929 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   6.00-7.00   sec   110 MBytes   926 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   7.00-8.00   sec   111 MBytes   932 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   8.00-9.00   sec   111 MBytes   932 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
[  7]   9.00-10.00  sec   111 MBytes   931 Mbits/sec    0   4.00 MBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  7]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.08 GBytes   927 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  7]   0.00-10.49  sec  1.08 GBytes   883 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
# iperf3 -c nbuild                # NetBSD-current guest, re0 adapter - 100mb/s
Connecting to host nbuild, port 5201
[  7] local 192.168.0.29 port 65294 connected to 192.168.0.213 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  7]   0.00-1.00   sec  10.5 MBytes  88.1 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   1.00-2.00   sec  12.8 MBytes   107 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   2.00-3.00   sec  12.8 MBytes   107 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   3.00-4.00   sec  12.7 MBytes   107 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   4.00-5.00   sec  12.9 MBytes   108 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   5.00-6.00   sec  13.0 MBytes   109 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   6.00-7.00   sec  12.6 MBytes   106 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   7.00-8.00   sec  12.8 MBytes   107 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   8.00-9.00   sec  12.8 MBytes   108 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   9.00-10.00  sec  12.8 MBytes   107 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  7]   0.00-10.00  sec   126 MBytes   105 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  7]   0.00-10.00  sec   125 MBytes   105 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.
# iperf3 -c nbuild               # Same NetBSD guest, adapter changed
to Intel wm0, 1000mb/s !!!
Connecting to host nbuild, port 5201
[  7] local 192.168.0.29 port 65286 connected to 192.168.0.213 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr  Cwnd
[  7]   0.00-1.00   sec  5.91 MBytes  49.5 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   1.00-2.00   sec  7.36 MBytes  61.8 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   2.00-3.00   sec  7.57 MBytes  63.5 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   3.00-4.00   sec  7.87 MBytes  66.2 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   4.00-5.00   sec  7.30 MBytes  61.2 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   5.00-6.00   sec  7.42 MBytes  62.3 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   6.00-7.00   sec  7.11 MBytes  59.6 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   7.00-8.00   sec  7.35 MBytes  61.7 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   8.00-9.00   sec  7.35 MBytes  61.7 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
[  7]   9.00-10.00  sec  7.61 MBytes  63.9 Mbits/sec    0    512 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  7]   0.00-10.00  sec  72.9 MBytes  61.1 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  7]   0.00-10.01  sec  72.7 MBytes  61.0 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

The iperf3 client in all cases is the same NetBSD-current laptop with
wm0 1000mb/s adapter.

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020 at 14:08, Chavdar Ivanov <ci4ic4%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 at 20:58, Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 08:53:07PM +0100, Chavdar Ivanov wrote:
> > > Out of interest, I tried today to build XEN3_PVHVM kernel and got:
> > > ...
> > > #      link  XEN3_PVHVM/netbsd
> > > ld -Map netbsd.map --cref -T netbsd.ldscript -Ttext 0xffffffff80200000
> > > -e start -X -o netbsd ${SYSTEM_OBJ:[@]:Nswapnetbsd.o} ${EXTRA_OBJ}
> > > vers.o swapnetbsd.o
> > > ld: hypervisor.o: in function `hypervisor_attach':
> > > hypervisor.c:(.text+0x7be): undefined reference to `xenbus_bus_dma_tag'
> > > *** Error code 1
> > > ....
> > >
> > >
> > > Should I presume I've updated in the wrong moment?
> >
> > Ha yes, I fixed it in the branch but not in HEAD.
> > If you want to try it, it's better to build from the branch :)
>
> And so I did.
>
> Any pointers as to how to test it? My personal interest is in running
> NetBSD guests under XCP-NG, at present they can run only in HVM mode.
> One ofthe problems I have with this is that while the Realtek driver
> performs as expected - it is 100mb/s one - the Intel driver is
> actually almost slower, even if it is supposed to be 1000mb/s. I was
> hoping I'd get decent enough network performance her with xennet - as
> I am getting under FreeBSD GENERIC and the xn driver.
>
> (I have ran previously Xen with a NetBSD DOM0, but since qemu-nvmm
> became available I switched to using it instead).
>
> Anyway, under FreeBSD 12 I get:
>
> Hyper-V Version: 0.0.0 [SP0]
>   Features=0x870<APIC,HYPERCALL,VPINDEX,TMFREQ>
>   PM Features=0x0 [C0]
>   Features3=0x0
> XEN: Hypervisor version 4.13 detected.
> CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31245 @ 3.30GHz (3292.62-MHz K8-class CPU)
>   Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x206a7  Family=0x6  Model=0x2a  Stepping=7
>   ...
> Hypervisor: Origin = "Microsoft Hv"
>
> and all the Xen devices get recognised; the machine is reported to be
> running in PVHVM mode.
>
> Trying GENERIC_XENHVM, I get:
>
> Hyper-V Version: 0.0.0 [SP0]
>   Features=0x870<APIC,HYPERCALL,VPINDEX,TMFREQ>
>   PM Features=0 [C0]
>   Features3=0
>   Recommends: 00000000 00000000
>   Limits: Vcpu:0 Lcpu:0 Int:0
>   HW Features: 0000000b, AMD: 00000000
> ...
> Xen HVM domU (4.13)
>
> and none of the Xen devices get detected.
>
> $ sysctl -a | grep hyper
> machdep.hypervisor = Hyper-V
> machdep.hyperv.version = 0.0.0 [SP0]
> machdep.hyperv.features = 0x870<APIC,HYPERCALL,VPINDEX,TMFREQ>
> machdep.hyperv.pm_features = 0 [C0]
> machdep.hyperv.features3 = 0
>
> and it basically works as usual GENERIC kernel.
>
> I also built XEN3_PVHVM; if I select it from the menu, the output from
> the console disappears (even it I add 'consdev xencons'), the machine
> also does not appear oin the network (even if I have setup
> /etc/ifconfig.xennet0 just in case it happens to work).
>
> So basically I am out of my depth; my understanding of the above
> thread is that the aim is to get NetBSD to the same or similar
> functionality as FreeBSD - just install it, GENERIC has all the PVHVM
> bits configured. Am I doing something wrong or I am too early to do
> such tests?
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
> >      NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
> > --
>
> Chavdar
>
>
> --
> ----



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