From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 15 20:19:02 2008 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 AA30C16A418 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B14A13C45A for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.8q) with ESMTP id 228623194-1834499 for multiple; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:17:06 -0500 Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0FKIrSO061341; Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:18:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:40:46 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200801101109.38294.jhb@freebsd.org> <70AABDAF-1925-4DBE-88A2-976CFBC55C5E@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <70AABDAF-1925-4DBE-88A2-976CFBC55C5E@khera.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801151340.46771.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:18:58 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/5484/Tue Jan 15 14:31:27 2008 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: Vivek Khera Subject: Re: What current Dell Systems are supported/work 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, 15 Jan 2008 20:19:02 -0000 On Tuesday 15 January 2008 10:25:14 am Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Jan 10, 2008, at 11:09 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > > >> *: This is the default behavior for 7.0, I have not encountered the > >> problem mentioned above on any 1950/2950 boxes so far I have tested. > > > > I will enable MSI by default on 6.x now (so will take affect for 6.4). > > We've also enabled it by default on 6.x at work. > > > > Where can one go to read up on what MSI is and how it helps us? > > Is enabling it just setting a sysctl? Does that have to be done in > loader.conf or can it happen later? loader.conf (though it is now default on in RELENG_6). hw.pci.msi_enable=1 hw.pci.msix_enable=1 -- John Baldwin