[Avila] Ethernet performance problem with OpenWRT

[David Acker]

Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
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> Benoit PAPILLAULT a écrit :
>>>> Was wondering if someone else was experiencing the same problem or if
>>>> you guys are using the bare IAL 2.4?
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> I have tested Kamikaze 7.09 + IAL 2.4 (including patches from Gateworks
> found in their BSP). That was quite a bit of porting but it's working.
> Performance seems to be back (60 Mbits over the Ethernet port tested
> using iperf). However, without any other applications, the CPU Load
> keeps increasing over time, up to value > 1. Thus, it's still not fully
> usable.

I use a gw2348 with 2.6.18.4 and one of the earlier open source drivers (never made it to mainline), 
http://www.hohnstaedt.de/ixp_npe/ , version 2.1. I found the IAL horrible and dumped it.  For TCP iperf sending from the 
avila to a pc I get around 90 mbps and 88 mbps when the avila is receiving.  60 mbps sounds kind of low to me.
-Ack