From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 3 05:57:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 273C81065670 for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 05:57:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: from xena.bway.net (xena.bway.net [216.220.96.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E02988FC0A for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 05:57:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spork@bway.net) Received: (qmail 37501 invoked by uid 0); 3 Feb 2009 05:57:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO toasty.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com) (spork@96.57.144.66) by smtp.bway.net with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 3 Feb 2009 05:57:19 -0000 Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 00:57:19 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Sprickman X-X-Sender: spork@toasty.nat.fasttrackmonkey.com To: Gary Palmer In-Reply-To: <20090131190249.GH81380@in-addr.com> Message-ID: References: <49819672.1090208@thekeelecentre.com> <20090130050451.GF81380@in-addr.com> <20090131190249.GH81380@in-addr.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (OSX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Richard Tector Subject: Re: 7.1, mpt and slow writes X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:57:21 -0000 On Sat, 31 Jan 2009, Gary Palmer wrote: > On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 01:48:46AM -0500, Charles Sprickman wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Jan 2009, Gary Palmer wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:43:11PM -0500, Charles Sprickman wrote: >>> >>> [ snip ] >>> >>>> Any idea what happened to the sysctl? Is there some other method to >>>> verify the loader tunable took (other than testing the throughput)? >>> >>> Boot with -v. If the loader tunable took effect, you should see >>> "Enabling SATA WC on phy " instead of "Disabling SATA ..." >> >> Cool, it works then. Why was the info removed from the sysctl mib? >> >> mpt0: Enabling SATA WC on phy 0 >> mpt0: Enabling SATA WC on phy 1 >> >> Bonnie++ is showing me about 24MB/s writes and 70MB/s reads. >> >> Is any of this verbose stuff problematic? >> >> mpt0: No Handlers For Any Event Notify Frames. Event 0xa (ACK not required). >> mpt0: No Handlers For Any Event Notify Frames. Event 0x16 (ACK not >> required). >> mpt0: No Handlers For Any Event Notify Frames. Event 0x12 (ACK not >> required). >> mpt0: No Handlers For Any Event Notify Frames. Event 0x12 (ACK not >> required). >> mpt0: No Handlers For Any Event Notify Frames. Event 0x16 (ACK not >> required). >> mpt0: No Handlers For Any Event Notify Frames. Event 0xb (ACK not required). >> >> And is any of this info found at boot-time accessible while the system is >> running? > > Hi, > > Sorry, I can't answer your questions - all I did to find the > boot -v information was to look in the kernel source code. Grepping > through the CVS history I don't actually see a point in CVS history > where there was a sysctl MIB value for the SATA WC status, although I > might be mistaken. Perhaps you are remembering using kenv to get > at hw.mpt.enable_sata_wc instead of sysctl? That, my friend, is precisely the problem. "kenv" didn't stick in my head because most of the FreeBSD-isms in my head still date back to 4.x. I am behind the times... Thanks for solving the mystery for me. Charles > Regards, > > Gary > >> mpt0:vol0(mpt0:0:0): Settings ( Hot-Plug-Spares High-Priority-ReSync ) >> mpt0:vol0(mpt0:0:0): Using Spare Pool: 0 >> mpt0:vol0(mpt0:0:0): 2 Members: >> (mpt0:1:32:0): Primary Online >> (mpt0:1:1:0): Secondary Online >> mpt0:vol0(mpt0:0:0): RAID-1 - Optimal >> mpt0:vol0(mpt0:0:0): Status ( Enabled ) >> (mpt0:vol0:1): Physical (mpt0:0:1:0), Pass-thru (mpt0:1:0:0) >> (mpt0:vol0:1): Online >> (mpt0:vol0:0): Physical (mpt0:0:32:0), Pass-thru (mpt0:1:1:0) >> (mpt0:vol0:0): Online >> >> Thanks, >> >> Charles >> >> ps - would it kill Dell to make a damn ISO of a bootable media for RAID >> controller firmware upgrades??? I don't even own anything with a floppy >> drive anymore. >> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >