[netperf-talk] Len was -1

[Rick Jones]

Miller, Jan L wrote:
> I will have to get the version they are using from VMware. They also
> hold the source code so I don't have the ability to look at it to find
> where the len was -1 is coming from. 

Unless they have made modifications they have not fed back to the 
mainline, you should be able to see reasonably close netperf sources at:

http://www.netperf.org/svn/netperf2/trunk/

> 
> The test is the TCP_STREAM test.

In that case, look at:

http://www.netperf.org.svn/netperf2/trunk/src/nettest_bsd.c

> 
> By ramping up I mean that I could look on the performance charts for
> about 10-15 minutes and see the networking was actually doing some heavy
> activity on the nics. Then all of a sudden the traffic just stopped. 

On the surface that sounds like a NIC/NICs/switch(es) died.  Perhaps a 
bug in their virtual NIC.

rick jones