From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 4 08:17:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B9B16A4DD for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:17:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sam@fqdn.net) Received: from host.fqdn.net (host.fqdn.net [194.242.157.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D27043D69 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 08:17:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sam@fqdn.net) Received: by host.fqdn.net (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 47B4C40; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:17:09 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:17:09 +0100 From: Sam Eaton To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060904081709.GD60234@host.fqdn.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <40c4bb930609020223h50c43537n1c8b32081ef5c1bf@mail.gmail.com> <20060904054721.GF34840@freenix.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060904054721.GF34840@freenix.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Several issues on Dell 1950/2950 servers (6-STABLE and 7-CURRENT) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:17:23 -0000 On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 07:47:21AM +0200, Morten A. Middelthon wrote: > > Just wanted to say that I'm running FreeBSD/i386 6.1-STABLE on two Dell PE 1950's > without any problems. The only thing I had to do was update the bce driver for > the NIC, but other than that the mfi RAID controller is detected properly, as well > as the SAS disks and RAID array. The only difference I can think of is perhaps > the firmware and BIOS versions Out of interest, what kind of load have you put on your network, and what kind of switch are you connected to. Our 1950s have terrible network issues still even with the new bce driver, giving watchdog timeouts under high load. NFS traffic particularly triggers it really easily. The mfi raid controller does seem to be working fine so far though, but I'm not filled with confidence in the units at the moment :) Sam. -- "Fortified with Essential Bitterness and Sarcasm" Matt Groening, "Binky's Guide to Love".