The network performance tests are split into two parts, one
[nc6_test_master] which runs on a host (like Linux or FreeBSD) and the
other [nc6_test_slave] which runs on the target platform.  Note that
these tests supplant older versions (nc_test_XXX) which did not
support IPv6 addressing.

To run the tests, start the slave part first.  On the target hardware,
run the program "nc6_test_slave".  It will display a set of information
on the console (use serial console only as using a network console
would severely impact the numbers) similar to this:

    RedBoot> lo ipv6.test;g
    Entry point: 0x00040040, address range: 0x00040000-0x000ae56c
    [cyg_net_init] Init: mbinit(0x00000000)
    [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_init_devs(0x00000000)
    Init device 'cs8900a_eth0'
    [cyg_net_init] Init: loopattach(0x00000000)
    [cyg_net_init] Init: ifinit(0x00000000)
    IFP: 0x000acf1c, next: 0x00117a00
    IFP: 0x00117a00, next: 0x00000000
    eth0 XXX: driver didn't set ifq_maxlen
    [cyg_net_init] Init: domaininit(0x00000000)
    [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_add_domain(0x000ad7f8)
    New domain internet6 at 0x00000000
    [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_add_domain(0x000adfbc)
    New domain internet at 0x00000000
    [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_add_domain(0x000ad314)
    New domain route at 0x00000000
    [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_route_init(0x00000000)
    [cyg_net_init] Init: ip6_init2(0x00000000)
    [cyg_net_init] Done
    Start Network Characterization - SLAVE
    BOOTP[eth0] op: REQUEST
           htype: Ethernet
            hlen: 6
            hops: 0
             xid: 0xe194048b
            secs: 0
           flags: 0x80
           hw_addr: 00:30:d3:03:04:8b
         client IP: 0.0.0.0
             my IP: 192.168.1.52
         server IP: 192.168.1.101
        gateway IP: 0.0.0.0
            server: hermes.chez-thomas.org
              file: /tftpboot/192.168.1.52/zImage
      options:
            DHCP message: 3 REQUEST
            DHCP server id: 63.225.98.241
            DHCP time 51: -1
            DHCP time 58: 0
            DHCP time 59: 0
            subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
                gateway: 192.168.1.101
          domain server: 63.225.98.241, 206.196.128.1, 205.180.230.20, 205.180.230.21
            domain name: chez-thomas.org
           IP broadcast: 192.168.1.255
            DHCP option: 37/55.9: 54 51 58 59 1 3 6 15 28
            DHCP option: 39/57.2: 576
            DHCP requested ip: 192.168.1.52
    No load = 248826
    Set background load = 20% 
    Set background load = 0% 
    High Load[20] = 192089 => 23% 
    Set background load = 20% 
    Set background load = 0% 
    Load[10] = 220394 => 12% 
    Set background load = 20% 
    Set background load = 0% 
    Load[15] = 206082 => 18% 
    Set background load = 20% 
    Set background load = 0% 
    Final load[16] = 203142 => 19% 
    Start test for eth0
    Family: 2, Socket: 2, Addr: 0.0.0.0
    Family: 28, Socket: 2, Addr: ::

At this point, the slave is ready to accept commands.  The section with
lines like "Set background load = 20%" are the slave test self-calibrating
a background load level which is used later.

Once the slave is started, then on your host system (Linux), run the
'nc6_test_master' program like this:

    [root@ebsa2 gthomas]# ./nc6_test_master 3ffe:302:11:2::192.168.1.52

This command would test against the IPv6 slave.  You can also use an IPv4
address.

The master program will then run a sequence of tests.  Each test is accomplished
by sending a command "packet" to the slave which initiates a sequence of
I/O requests.  These are requests for UDP and TCP traffic patterns, adjusting
the slave background load, etc.  The results are displayed by the master
program as they are obtained.  For example:

    ================== No load, master at 100% ========================
    Start UDP echo [640,1024] - no delays
    UDP echo - 1280 bufs of 1024 bytes in 2.03 seconds - 630.54 KB/S - 5.1654 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 640, recvd 640
    Start UDP send [640,1024] - no delays
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 51, expected: 50
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 103, expected: 102
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 155, expected: 154
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 207, expected: 206
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 259, expected: 258
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 311, expected: 310
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 363, expected: 362
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 415, expected: 414
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 467, expected: 466
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 519, expected: 518
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 571, expected: 570
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 623, expected: 622
    UDP send - 628 bufs of 1024 bytes in 1.46 seconds - 430.14 KB/S - 3.5237 Mbit/S (M = 10^6), 12 out of sequence
       slave sent 628, recvd 0
    Start UDP recv [640,1024] - no delays
    UDP recv - 640 bufs of 1024 bytes in 0.05 seconds - 12800.00 KB/S - 104.8576 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 0, recvd 495
    Start TCP echo [640,1024] - no delays
    TCP echo - 1280 bufs of 1024 bytes in 2.16 seconds - 592.59 KB/S - 4.8545 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 640, recvd 640
    Start TCP send [640,1024] - no delays
    TCP send - 640 bufs of 1024 bytes in 0.80 seconds - 800.00 KB/S - 6.5536 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 640, recvd 0
    Start TCP recv [640,1024] - no delays
    TCP recv - 640 bufs of 1024 bytes in 0.65 seconds - 984.62 KB/S - 8.0660 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 0, recvd 640
    Start TCP echo [64,10240] - no delays
    TCP echo - 128 bufs of 10240 bytes in 3.80 seconds - 336.84 KB/S - 2.7594 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 64, recvd 64
    
    ====================== Various slave compute loads ===================
    >>>>>>>>>>>> slave processing load at 0%
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 6.51 seconds - 629.19 KB/S - 5.1543 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 6.90 seconds - 593.62 KB/S - 4.8630 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    >>>>>>>>>>>> slave processing load at 10%
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 6.81 seconds - 601.47 KB/S - 4.9272 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 7.00 seconds - 585.14 KB/S - 4.7935 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    >>>>>>>>>>>> slave processing load at 20%
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 6.81 seconds - 601.47 KB/S - 4.9272 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 7.32 seconds - 559.56 KB/S - 4.5839 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    >>>>>>>>>>>> slave processing load at 30%
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 8.04 seconds - 509.45 KB/S - 4.1734 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 8.78 seconds - 466.51 KB/S - 3.8217 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    >>>>>>>>>>>> slave processing load at 40%
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 10.22 seconds - 400.78 KB/S - 3.2832 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 10.24 seconds - 400.00 KB/S - 3.2768 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    >>>>>>>>>>>> slave processing load at 50%
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 10.22 seconds - 400.78 KB/S - 3.2832 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 10.24 seconds - 400.00 KB/S - 3.2768 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    
    ====================== Various master loads ===================
    Testing IDLE for 10 seconds
    IDLE - ticks: 1003, count: 1367315
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 10.22 seconds - 400.78 KB/S - 3.2832 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 1028, count: 641138, 45% idle
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - no delays
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 10.24 seconds - 400.00 KB/S - 3.2768 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 1330, count: 1004010, 55% idle
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - 10ms delay after 10 packets
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 13.01 seconds - 314.83 KB/S - 2.5791 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 1307, count: 1015862, 56% idle
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - 10ms delay after 10 packets
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 13.26 seconds - 308.90 KB/S - 2.5305 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 1633, count: 1410624, 63% idle
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - 50ms delay after 10 packets
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 21.00 seconds - 195.05 KB/S - 1.5978 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 2106, count: 2105817, 73% idle
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - 50ms delay after 10 packets
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 21.26 seconds - 192.66 KB/S - 1.5783 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 2434, count: 2471814, 74% idle
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - 100ms delay after 10 packets
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 31.28 seconds - 130.95 KB/S - 1.0727 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 3135, count: 3508880, 82% idle
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - 100ms delay after 10 packets
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 31.43 seconds - 130.32 KB/S - 1.0676 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 3451, count: 3859323, 82% idle
    Start UDP echo [2048,1024] - 10ms delay after 1 packet
    UDP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 40.94 seconds - 100.05 KB/S - 0.8196 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 4102, count: 4789770, 85% idle
    Start TCP echo [2048,1024] - 10ms delay after 1 packet
    TCP echo - 4096 bufs of 1024 bytes in 40.96 seconds - 100.00 KB/S - 0.8192 Mbit/S (M = 10^6)
       slave sent 2048, recvd 2048
    IDLE - ticks: 4407, count: 5147211, 85% idle
    ... Done

The slave will display lines like:
    UDP echo - 640 buffers, 1024 bytes
    UDP send - 640 buffers, 1024 bytes
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    sendto UDP data: No buffer space available
    UDP recv - 640 buffers, 1024 bytes
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 508, expected: 492
    Packets out of sequence - recvd: 528, expected: 510
    recvfrom timeout, expecting seq #529
    recvfrom timeout, expecting seq #530
    recvfrom timeout, expecting seq #531
    recvfrom timeout, expecting seq #532
    recvfrom timeout, expecting seq #533
    recvfrom timeout, expecting seq #534
    ... giving up
    TCP echo - 640 buffers, 1024 bytes
    TCP - listen on IPv6/8770
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1085)
    TCP send - 640 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1086)
    TCP recv - 640 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1087)
    TCP echo - 64 buffers, 10240 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1088)
    Set background load = 0% 
    Set background load = 0% 
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1089)
    Set background load = 10% 
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1090)
    Set background load = 20% 
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1091)
    Set background load = 30% 
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1092)
    Set background load = 40% 
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1093)
    Set background load = 50% 
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1094)
    Start IDLE thread
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1095)
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1096)
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1097)
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1098)
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    UDP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    Stop IDLE thread
    Start IDLE thread
    TCP echo - 2048 buffers, 1024 bytes
    connection from 3ffe:302:11:2:290:27ff:fe8b:8e1d(1099)
    Stop IDLE thread

Notice that if the host and target are not well balanced (in this example,
the host is a fairly fast P-II running with a very good 10/100Mb ethernet
controller and the slave is a reasonable [not fast!] ARM board with a very
simplistic [read "slow"] network adaptor), then the UDP tests can have
synchronization problems.  This is the nature of UDP and is to be expected.