From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 23:39:11 2011 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 1EFE71065672; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:39:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 827368FC1D; Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:39:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vhoffman-macbooklocal.local ([10.10.10.20]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pA8Nd8XJ058022 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 8 Nov 2011 23:39:08 GMT (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <4EB9BD9B.8080604@unsane.co.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:39:07 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Baldwin References: <4EA9E0C3.5080306@unsane.co.uk> <992755CA-6479-4B9A-A3D5-DD5C1871089A@transactionware.com> <4EB1BA7A.2000307@unsane.co.uk> <201111081450.34686.jhb@freebsd.org> <4EB9AC0F.2040209@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4EB9AC0F.2040209@unsane.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Jan Mikkelsen , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: mfi timeouts 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, 08 Nov 2011 23:39:11 -0000 On 08/11/2011 22:24, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > On 08/11/2011 19:50, John Baldwin wrote: >> On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:47:38 pm Vincent Hoffman wrote: >>> On 28/10/2011 04:14, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> There is a patch linked to from this PR, which seems very similar: >>>> >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/140416 >>>> >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2011-March/004839.html >>>> >>>> The problem is also consistent with running mfiutil clearing the problem. >>>> >>>> I'm about to deploy mfi controllers in a similar configuration, so I'd be >> very curious about whether the patch fixes the problem for you. >>> The patch you linked to seems to have removed the stalls, although I >>> have only had it running for a day. I'll post if it stalls again though. >>> >>> I did manage to scrounge the use of a Dell r410 with a >>> LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator] (rev 05) >>> Badged as Dell PERC H700 Adapter >>> >>> to test out the patch I originally found but had the same issue as this post >>> >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-September/063821.html >>> >>> >>> I couldnt get the dell to stall in the first place either though so it >>> could be a specific firmware version that the issue. >>> >>> Anyway thanks for the pointers. >> Hmm, did you try the patch I had posted from that earlier thread? It had >> two changes in it, one was similar to the patch in the PR, the second added >> MSI-X support. I've since tweaked it to make the MSI-X support off by >> default but possible to enable via loader.conf. Would you be willing to >> try the updated patch at www.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/mfi.patch? > Hi, > yes I tried the patch you posted originally, unfortunately the dell > never finished booting either. The Supermicro is now in production but > I'll take the dell up to 9-STABLE and try your updated patch. > The patch didnt apply quite cleanly for 9-STABLE, 1 reject as it had already been applied. I have rebooted the dell and it seems happy with the new patch (msi disabled.) Booting with hw.mfi.msix=1 in /boot/loader.conf causes the timeouts again and stops the boot from completing. I can give root access to the machine if this would be helpful, I cant give KVM access though unfortunately. (but can look in from time to time if needed.) Vince > >>> Vince >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > 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"