From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 25 12:50:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 966AB16A418; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:50:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from espen@modula.no) Received: from mx2.modula.no (mx2.modula.no [193.142.30.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B05F13C474; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:50:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from espen@modula.no) Received: from localhost (unknown [193.142.30.42]) by mx2.modula.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2433FD000C; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:30:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx2.modula.no ([193.142.30.42]) by localhost (mx2.modula.no [193.142.30.42]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vdqxJlq4GTO3; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:30:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.modula.no (smtp.modula.no [193.142.30.47]) by mx2.modula.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id B473AFD000B; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:30:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from espen-tagestads-computer.local (smtp.modula.no [193.142.30.47]) by smtp.modula.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AFD517006E; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:44:03 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47496BE1.8080206@modula.no> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:34:41 +0100 From: Espen Tagestad User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: SAS5IR performance issue with Dell 860 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:50:38 -0000 Hi, We recently bought 3 new Dell 860 servers with the onboard SAS5/IR SATA RAID-controller. They seem to be quite well spec'ed servers with management and everything - but I am experiencing av major performance issue with the disc i/o. On write I get at max 7-8MB/sec, while read gives a bit more (11MB/sec). I tried first with 6.2-RELEASE, and then upgraded to 6.3-PRERELEASE without any better results. I am aware of some discussion around this issue on these two maillists in the spring earlier on this year, but I have not been able to find any good resolution. My old firewall/router at home equipped with a 733Mhz Pentium 3 processor and a old 40GB IDE harddrive made around year 2001 performe better. Is there anybody out there with the same problem who has solved this issue? Could it be that this is solved in 7.0? Thanks in advance. -- med vennlig hilsen/with regards, Espen Tagestad Modula AS Tel. (+47) 23 89 75 80 Mob. (+47) 92 44 50 12 Fax. (+47) 23 89 75 81 From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 25 16:02:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E48F316A418 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:02:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from smtp808.mail.ird.yahoo.com (smtp808.mail.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.188.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5849E13C442 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:02:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: (qmail 84940 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2007 15:36:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) (thomasjudge@btinternet.com@86.139.146.42 with plain) by smtp808.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Nov 2007 15:36:13 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: P2nvt9kVM1nvI_dxGqrhaFY9BjHcXlvYFrDSKBjldFV_4lko Message-ID: <47499710.1050402@tomjudge.com> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:38:56 +0000 From: Tom Judge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Espen Tagestad References: <47496BE1.8080206@modula.no> In-Reply-To: <47496BE1.8080206@modula.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SAS5IR performance issue with Dell 860 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:02:55 -0000 Espen Tagestad wrote: > Hi, > > We recently bought 3 new Dell 860 servers with the onboard SAS5/IR SATA > RAID-controller. They seem to be quite well spec'ed servers with > management and everything - but I am experiencing av major performance > issue with the disc i/o. On write I get at max 7-8MB/sec, while read > gives a bit more (11MB/sec). I tried first with 6.2-RELEASE, and then > upgraded to 6.3-PRERELEASE without any better results. > > I am aware of some discussion around this issue on these two maillists > in the spring earlier on this year, but I have not been able to find any > good resolution. My old firewall/router at home equipped with a 733Mhz > Pentium 3 processor and a old 40GB IDE harddrive made around year 2001 > performe better. Is there anybody out there with the same problem who > has solved this issue? Could it be that this is solved in 7.0? > > Thanks in advance. > Hi, If you have sata disks on this controller you will need to run RELENG_6 dated after 2007-06-05 21:32:57. You will also need to set the hw.mpt.enable_sata_wc sysctl in loader.conf. Here is Scott Long's commit log of the changes that 'fix' this issue. Tom Commit Message: scottl 2007-06-03 23:13:05 UTC FreeBSD src repository Modified files: sys/dev/mpt mpt.c mpt.h mpt_cam.c Log: mpt.c: mpt.h: Add support for reading extended configuration pages. mpt_cam.c: Do a top level topology scan on the SAS controller. If any SATA device are discovered in this scan, send a passthrough FIS to set the write cache. This is controllable through the following tunable at boot: hw.mpt.enable_sata_wc: -1 = Do not configure, use the controller default 0 = Disable the write cache 1 = Enable the write cache The default is -1. This tunable is just a hack and may be deprecated in the future. Turning on the write cache alleviates the write performance problems with SATA that many people have observed. It is not recommend for those who value data reliability! I cannot stress this strongly enough. However, it is useful in certain circumstances, and it brings the performence in line with what a generic SATA controller running under the FreeBSD ATA driver provides (and the ATA driver has had the WC enabled by default for years). From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 25 16:08:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9254216A420; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:08:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from espen@modula.no) Received: from mx2.modula.no (mx2.modula.no [193.142.30.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46D7D13C465; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:08:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from espen@modula.no) Received: from localhost (unknown [193.142.30.42]) by mx2.modula.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A858FD000C; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:06:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from mx2.modula.no ([193.142.30.42]) by localhost (mx2.modula.no [193.142.30.42]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BlEjywLIMGzb; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:06:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp.modula.no (smtp.modula.no [193.142.30.47]) by mx2.modula.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66B26FD0003; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:06:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from espen-tagestads-computer.local (smtp.modula.no [193.142.30.47]) by smtp.modula.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53895170001; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:19:33 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47499E65.4050206@modula.no> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:10:13 +0100 From: Espen Tagestad User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Judge References: <47496BE1.8080206@modula.no> <47499710.1050402@tomjudge.com> In-Reply-To: <47499710.1050402@tomjudge.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SAS5IR performance issue with Dell 860 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:08:10 -0000 Tom Judge wrote: > Espen Tagestad wrote: >> We recently bought 3 new Dell 860 servers with the onboard SAS5/IR >> SATA RAID-controller. They seem to be quite well spec'ed servers with >> management and everything - but I am experiencing av major performance >> issue with the disc i/o. On write I get at max 7-8MB/sec, while read >> gives a bit more (11MB/sec). I tried first with 6.2-RELEASE, and then >> upgraded to 6.3-PRERELEASE without any better results. > > You will also need to set the hw.mpt.enable_sata_wc sysctl in loader.conf. There isn't any hw.mpt.enable_sata_wc sysctl available on my systems. It is 6.3-PRERELEASE, but as I recon there wasn't any *mpt* sysctls on the latest 6.2-RELEASE either. Is it deprecated? Is there any other options? I can see a hw.ata.wc but that one is set to 1 which I presume equals enabled. Anyway - the write cache, is that something that is set on the raid controller, or is it a buffer in the FreeBSD kernel that takes care of the caching? As the commit note you sent me said - to ensure absolutely best data integrity the write cache should be left switched off. But write performance of 7-8MB/sec is just too low for that - is the controller /sata drives really that slow? -- med vennlig hilsen / with regards, Espen Tagestad From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 25 16:16:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F07F516A46B for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:16:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: from smtp811.mail.ird.yahoo.com (smtp811.mail.ird.yahoo.com [217.146.188.71]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6469513C448 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:16:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@tomjudge.com) Received: (qmail 43304 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2007 16:16:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.2?) (thomasjudge@btinternet.com@86.139.146.42 with plain) by smtp811.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Nov 2007 16:16:07 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: onbOotMVM1l.3ZynL259RKh.MDidOMwY2oaIH3ik.eMEpLKzc2MsdnC87rF2fjWO0wAu8pg6CnwBoeMyGFML7e0- Message-ID: <4749A06A.1000409@tomjudge.com> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:18:50 +0000 From: Tom Judge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.13 (X11/20070824) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Espen Tagestad References: <47496BE1.8080206@modula.no> <47499710.1050402@tomjudge.com> <47499E65.4050206@modula.no> In-Reply-To: <47499E65.4050206@modula.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SAS5IR performance issue with Dell 860 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:16:10 -0000 Espen Tagestad wrote: > Tom Judge wrote: >> Espen Tagestad wrote: >>> We recently bought 3 new Dell 860 servers with the onboard SAS5/IR >>> SATA RAID-controller. They seem to be quite well spec'ed servers with >>> management and everything - but I am experiencing av major >>> performance issue with the disc i/o. On write I get at max 7-8MB/sec, >>> while read gives a bit more (11MB/sec). I tried first with >>> 6.2-RELEASE, and then upgraded to 6.3-PRERELEASE without any better >>> results. >> >> You will also need to set the hw.mpt.enable_sata_wc sysctl in >> loader.conf. > > There isn't any hw.mpt.enable_sata_wc sysctl available on my systems. It > is 6.3-PRERELEASE, but as I recon there wasn't any *mpt* sysctls on the > latest 6.2-RELEASE either. Is it deprecated? Is there any other options? > I can see a hw.ata.wc but that one is set to 1 which I presume equals > enabled. > > Anyway - the write cache, is that something that is set on the raid > controller, or is it a buffer in the FreeBSD kernel that takes care of > the caching? As the commit note you sent me said - to ensure absolutely > best data integrity the write cache should be left switched off. But > write performance of 7-8MB/sec is just too low for that - is the > controller /sata drives really that slow? > > Please read http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/stable/2007-07/msg00347.html You will have to set the sysctl in /boot/loader.conf and reboot the system for the changes to take affect. Tom From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 25 17:00:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF11716A418 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from varanokul@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s38.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s38.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.110]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B47DD13C467 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from varanokul@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY124-W18 ([207.46.11.181]) by bay0-omc1-s38.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:48:25 -0800 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [58.9.42.73] From: Varan Orapiriyakul To: Daniel Kamm , Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:48:24 +0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20071124115918.5670@gmx.net> References: <20071124115918.5670@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Nov 2007 16:48:25.0413 (UTC) FILETIME=[FF375750:01C82F82] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: RE: Support of LSI 1068E and Intel SRL81348 RAID Ctrl X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:00:24 -0000 Hi, =20 I used to install FreeBSD 6.2 with LSI1068E (Intel) onboard RAID, it's work= fine. But, that was on Acer Altos R720 2U rack server with Xeon CPU not Blades! =20 Steps 1. Go to RAID BIOS Console to create the Logical Drive and initialize it fi= rst . 2. Save new config & Reboot. 3. FreeBSD 6.2 bootCD will see that LD you've created. =20 Varan Orapiriyakul =20 > Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:59:18 +0100> From: janos@gmx.ch> To: freebsd-ha= rdware@freebsd.org> Subject: Support of LSI 1068E and Intel SRL81348 RAID C= trl> > Hello all> > I've been testing two SunFire server blades yesterday f= or compatibility> with FreeBSD (6.2stable and 7.0beta3). None of the RAID c= onrollers had> been working out of the box. I'm curious about those Chips a= re supported> (and me is stupid) and/or if support is upcomming.> > Sun Bla= de 6220> - AMD Opteron based, NVIDIA chipset> - On sale since 04/2007> - RA= ID Ctrl onboard> - Chipset LSI 1068E> - PCI-Code: 1000:0058:1000:1000 (take= n from lspci on Debian Etch)> IMO support should be in driver 'mpt' since t= he LSI 1064 works fine in> SunFire X4100M2 and SunFire X4200M2.> > On FreeB= SD 6.2, no controller seems to be recognised. On FreeBSD 7.0,> accessing th= e controller results in some kind of request loop (see> screenshot taken fr= om ILOM: http://ylz.ch/tmp/snapshot7.png).> > Sun Blade 6250> - Intel Xeon = based, Intel chipset> - brand new, on sale since 11/2007> - RAID Ctrl via P= CIe backpack onboard> - Chipset Intel Sunrise Lake SRL81348> - Chip is from= Adaptec with codename Voodoo 80 (or Voodoo 80/08)> - PCI-Code: 9005:0285:1= 08e:7aac (taken from lspci on Debian Etch)> Support under linux is in drive= r 'aacraid', driver aac doesn't work with> FreeBSD 6.2 and 7.0> > The same = controller will also be used on SunFire X4150. I will get such> a test box = on monday and will be trying to get it working until friday.> So any help i= s very much appreciated.> > Does someone have one of those controllers work= ing on FreeBSD?> > Thank you for your help!> - Dan> -- > Der GMX SmartSurfe= r hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! > Ideal f=FCr Modem und IS= DN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer> _________________________________= ______________> freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list> http://lists.fre= ebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware> To unsubscribe, send any mail t= o "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"= From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 11:15:53 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBCB516A41B for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:15:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edward@carrel.org) Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B51413C4CE for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:15:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edward@carrel.org) Received: (qmail 29079 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2007 10:49:13 -0000 Received: from dsl231-050-036.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO [192.168.216.4]) (ecarrel@[216.231.50.36]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES128-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 26 Nov 2007 10:49:13 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <6564B43A-5EC0-4EF2-A9CE-74C07EE218FC@carrel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org From: Ed Carrel Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:44:07 -0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) Subject: MCP51 SATA Controller not detecting attached drives X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:15:53 -0000 Hi freebsd-hardware, FreeBSD 7.0-BETA2 is unable any devices off any of the ATA controllers on my box. I've found FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE will recognize the hard drives, but will not recognize the DVD-ROM drive. So everyone else knows what I know, here's the directly related parts of my hardware setup: - MSI P6N SLI-FI motherboard - nVidia nForce 650i northbridge - nVidia MCP51 southbridge - 2 x Seagate Barracuda ST332020AS, connected via SATA - Lite-On DVD-ROM SHD-16S1S-05, connected via SATA Below I provide what I think is the relevant dmesg output for 6.2- RELEASE -- note the distinct lack of the DVD drive. Copyright (c) 1992-2007 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation. FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0b63000. Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0b63188. Calibrating clock(s) ... i8254 clock: 1193191 Hz CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Calibrating TSC clock ... TSC clock: 2399996538 Hz CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2400.00-MHz 686- class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6f6 Stepping = 6 Features=0xbfebfbff Features2=0xe3bd,CX16,, > AMD Features=0x20100000 AMD Features2=0x1 Cores per package: 2 real memory = 2147287040 (2047 MB) [snip] uhub1: nVidia EHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 8 ports with 8 removable, self powered atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xffa0-0xffaf at device 13.0 on pci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xffa0 ata0: on atapci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0x1f0 atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0x3f6 ata0: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=60 ostat1=70 ata0: stat0=0x20 err=0x20 lsb=0x20 msb=0x20 ata0: stat1=0x30 err=0x30 lsb=0x30 msb=0x30 ata0: reset tp2 stat0=20 stat1=30 devices=0x0 ioapic0: routing intpin 14 (ISA IRQ 14) to vector 51 ata0: [MPSAFE] ata1: on atapci0 atapci0: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x18 type 4 at 0x170 atapci0: Reserved 0x1 bytes for rid 0x1c type 4 at 0x376 ata1: reset tp1 mask=03 ostat0=60 ostat1=70 ata1: stat0=0x20 err=0x20 lsb=0x20 msb=0x20 ata1: stat1=0x30 err=0x30 lsb=0x30 msb=0x30 ata1: reset tp2 stat0=20 stat1=30 devices=0x0 ioapic0: routing intpin 15 (ISA IRQ 15) to vector 52 ata1: [MPSAFE] atapci1: port 0xc800-0xc807,0xc480-0xc483,0xc400-0xc407,0xc080-0xc083,0xc000-0xc00f mem 0xfbffd000-0xfbffdfff irq 23 at device 14.0 on pci0 atapci1: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xc000 ioapic0: routing intpin 23 (PCI IRQ 23) to vector 53 atapci1: [MPSAFE] atapci1: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x24 type 3 at 0xfbffd000 ata2: on atapci1 atapci1: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0xc800 atapci1: Reserved 0x4 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0xc480 ata2: SATA connect ready time=0ms ata2: sata_connect devices=0x1 ata2: [MPSAFE] ata3: on atapci1 atapci1: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x18 type 4 at 0xc400atapci1: Reserved 0x4 bytes for rid 0x1c type 4 at 0xc080 ata3: SATA connect ready time=0ms ata3: sata_connect devices=0x1ata3: [MPSAFE]atapci2: port 0xbc00-0xbc07,0xb880-0xb883,0xb800-0xb807,0xb480-0xb483,0xb400-0xb40f mem 0xfbffc000-0xfbffcfff irq 20 at device 15.0 on pci0 atapci2: Reserved 0x10 bytes for rid 0x20 type 4 at 0xb400 ioapic0: routing intpin 20 (PCI IRQ 20) to vector 54 atapci2: [MPSAFE] atapci2: Reserved 0x1000 bytes for rid 0x24 type 3 at 0xfbffc000 ata4: on atapci2atapci2: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x10 type 4 at 0xbc00 atapci2: Reserved 0x4 bytes for rid 0x14 type 4 at 0xb880 ata4: SATA connect ready time=0ms ata4: sata_connect devices=0x1 ata4: [MPSAFE] ata5: on atapci2 atapci2: Reserved 0x8 bytes for rid 0x18 type 4 at 0xb800 atapci2: Reserved 0x4 bytes for rid 0x1c type 4 at 0xb480 ata5: SATA connect status=00000000 ata5: [MPSAFE] pcib4: at device 16.0 on pci0 pcib4: secondary bus 4 [snip] lo0: bpf attached rr232x: no controller detected. ata2-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA133 cable=40 wire ad4: 381554MB at ata2-master SATA150 ad4: 781422768 sectors [775221C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/interrupt 1 depth queue ad4: nVidia check1 failed ad4: Adaptec check1 failed ad4: LSI (v3) check1 failed ad4: LSI (v2) check1 failed ad4: FreeBSD check1 failed ata3-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA133 cable=40 wire ad6: 381554MB at ata3-master SATA150 ad6: 781422768 sectors [775221C/16H/63S] 16 sectors/interrupt 1 depth queue ad6: nVidia check1 failed ad6: Adaptec check1 failed ad6: LSI (v3) check1 failed ad6: LSI (v2) check1 failed ad6: FreeBSD check1 failed GEOM: new disk ad4 GEOM: new disk ad6 For reference, here's the output for the DVD drive under 6.0-RELEASE (6.1-RELEASE locks after detecting the first SATA controller): ata0-master: pio=PIO4 wdma=WDMA2 udma=UDMA100 cable=40 wire acd0: DVDROM drive at ata4 as master acd0: read 6890KB/s (8268KB/s), 1727KB buffer, UDMA33 acd0: Reads: CDR, CDRW, CDDA stream, DVDROM, DVDR, packet acd0: Writes: acd0: Audio: play, 256 volume levels acd0: Mechanism: ejectable tray, unlocked acd0: Medium: CD-ROM 120mm photo disc It's worth noting that FreeBSD does not recognize the SATA controllers as nVidia MCP51 chipset, but instead detects them as generic ATA controllers. From what I can tell FreeBSD 7.2-BETA2 lacks the detection of the drives, but does detect the ATA controllers correctly. Maybe there's some specific anomaly in the dmesg I should be looking for? I would provide a dmesg dump here, but unfortunately, without detectable drives, I'm left without a place to store the data or utilities to pipe it anywhere. Let me know what parts of dmesg might be useful to have, and I'll copy them over best I can. Feel free to ask me for further information, and I'll provide as much as I can. Any help on pinning the root cause down is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Edward Carrel From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 26 13:22:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 735FB16A41A for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:22:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rups@m0z.net) Received: from mail.argewebhosting.nl (smtp2.argewebhosting.nl [194.165.34.59]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C56CA13C457 for ; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:22:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rups@m0z.net) Received: (qmail 21896 invoked by uid 89); 26 Nov 2007 12:56:31 -0000 Received: from [84.245.23.218] (HELO [192.168.1.29]) (84.245.23.218) (smtp-auth username ruben@argeweb.nl, mechanism plain) by smtp2.argewebhosting.nl (qpsmtpd/0.32) with ESMTP; Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:56:31 +0100 Message-ID: <474AC262.40802@m0z.net> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:56:02 +0100 From: Ruben van der Zwan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Espen Tagestad References: <47496BE1.8080206@modula.no> In-Reply-To: <47496BE1.8080206@modula.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SAS5IR performance issue with Dell 860 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:22:54 -0000 We've had the same performance issues with the 860's (not just on BSD). We contacted Dell support and they suggested to download the Linux Dell Rescue CD, and enable the cache policy on the Virtual Disk on the controller. You can download the rescue CD here: http://linux.dell.com/monitoring.shtml You have to disable all OMSA tools when the CD is booted (icon on desktop), after which you can start the LSI SAS Raid manager. After starting just click the virtual disk and go to "set properties" or something. We tried that on a BSD system, and this resolved the issue for us (now over 50MB/sec. seq. write). Regards, Ruben van der Zwan Espen Tagestad wrote: > Hi, > > We recently bought 3 new Dell 860 servers with the onboard SAS5/IR > SATA RAID-controller. They seem to be quite well spec'ed servers with > management and everything - but I am experiencing av major performance > issue with the disc i/o. On write I get at max 7-8MB/sec, while read > gives a bit more (11MB/sec). I tried first with 6.2-RELEASE, and then > upgraded to 6.3-PRERELEASE without any better results. > > I am aware of some discussion around this issue on these two maillists > in the spring earlier on this year, but I have not been able to find > any good resolution. My old firewall/router at home equipped with a > 733Mhz Pentium 3 processor and a old 40GB IDE harddrive made around > year 2001 performe better. Is there anybody out there with the same > problem who has solved this issue? Could it be that this is solved in > 7.0? > > Thanks in advance. > From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 01:50:28 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CC7616A417 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:50:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) Received: from mail.freeode.co.uk (mail.freeode.co.uk [87.127.24.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C8DD13C455 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:50:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) Received: from asus.freeode.co.uk ([10.10.10.10]) by mail.freeode.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lAR1avPQ045381 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:36:57 GMT (envelope-from freebsd001@freeode.co.uk) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:36:57 +0000 From: John Murphy To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071127013657.5baab1fa@asus.freeode.co.uk> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: HP dvd1040d (USB) no audio. X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:50:28 -0000 On a recent install of FreeBSD-7.0-BETA2 on all new hardware, I was delighted to find all the important stuff supported and working. Only problem is that I get no audio from CDs played on an HP dvd1040d USB dvd writer. Some players (xmcd, xmms) refuse to try, but cdcontrol will spin up the drive and progress through the tracks at the right speed, but without a peep of audio. Grip will make files of (presumably) the correct file sizes very quickly, but they are all silent. Xmcd in debug mode produces the following error twice, but I may not have configured it correctly: SCSI CDB bytes (dev=/dev/cd0 rw=1 to=5 role=1): 0000 42 02 40 00 00 00 00 00 30 00 -- -- -- -- -- -- B.@.....0....... CD audio: SCSI command error on /dev/cd0: Status=0x8c Sense data: Key=0x5 (ILLEGAL REQUEST) Code=0x24 Qual=0x0 I should mention that it's a custom kernel and I've removed all SCSI controllers. All SCSI peripherals are included though. The drive's umass entry in dmesg (and a few preceding lines): usb1: EHCI version 1.0 usb1: companion controller, 10 ports each: usb0 usb1: on ehci0 usb1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1: on usb1 uhub1: 10 ports with 10 removable, self powered umass0: on uhub1 Booting with a (known good) CD in the drive reveals: cd0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 cd0: Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device cd0: 40.000MB/s transfers cd0: cd present [353932 x 2048 byte records] (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 5 66 8b 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 4 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 80 0 0 4 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:64,0 (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Illegal mode for this track (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): cddone: got error 0x6 back It's no showstopper, though it would be nice to have it working and I would be keen to provide any further diagnostics if they will help. Would the output of a verbose boot provide more useful information? -- Thanks, John. From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 30 14:51:51 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BA2B16A418 for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:51:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from janos@gmx.ch) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C79313C44B for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:51:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from janos@gmx.ch) Received: (qmail 11934 invoked by uid 0); 30 Nov 2007 14:51:49 -0000 Received: from 212.254.202.186 by www036.gmx.net with HTTP; Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:51:49 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:51:49 +0100 from: "Daniel Kamm" Message-ID: <20071130145149.255160@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 to: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Authenticated: #936664 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 6107 (Global Message Exchange) X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+zCPVc6PCzxBVmu6E9/QQ2NF0N31uBNv+Pxfu1w1 nG7SVnqh2JE/XgNjmGcYExo7Ku8+/jCByZzA== X-Registered: 0 X-GMX-UID: txVldtkLbUk7E+55PGgnv71sZ2hlN8rs Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Support of LSI 1068E and Intel SRL81348 RAID Ctrl X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:51:51 -0000 On Sat, 2007-11-24 at 12:59 +0100, Daniel Kamm wrote: > Sun Blade 6250 [..] > The same controller will also be used on SunFire X4150.  After patching the kernel by adding two new PCI IDs, the raid controller works on that two systems with quite good performance on FreeBSD 7.0beta3. As soon as Sun tells me how to name those two devices, I will post a patch to the aac driver on freebsd-drivers. I someone needs that patch urgently, please contact me off-list. I also wanted to test FreeBSD 6.2 stable, but haven't had the time to do so. If someone has one of those boxes available for a test, please tell. Cheerio  - Dan  -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer