#15821: Poor download speed in virtio-net
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Reporter: axeld | Owner: korli
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Drivers/Network/virtio | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by waddlesplash):
Looking at VirtualBox source code, there are 2 different virtio_net
devices ("1.0" and then non-"1.0"); the "1.0" one looks pretty immature
(there are comments in the commit logs that ping only just now works), and
I guess the other one is the one that everyone must use. Are we somehow
selecting the "wrong" one? (Does VirtualBox just ship broken code as a
matter of course...?)
FWIW, I'd recommend not using VirtualBox at all; its IO-APIC performance
is abysmal to the point where I/O under SMP guests is actually slower than
non-SMP guests. If you are running on Linux, QEMU/KVM are leagues better
(and easier to launch via the command line too.)
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/15821#comment:4>
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