Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:38:17 +0200 From: Johan Hendriks <joh.hendriks@gmail.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@ixsystems.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: status of autotuning freebsd for 9.2 Message-ID: <CAOaKuAVxApLLntQ0dqtGWGveveFXyHd6D_%2BVtG%2BfctszKnwF4Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51E41419.3040503@ixsystems.com> References: <51D90B9B.9080209@ixsystems.com> <51D92826.1070707@freebsd.org> <51E1061F.3050804@ixsystems.com> <51E398F3.40008@freebsd.org> <51E3EEAA.3040106@freebsd.org> <51E3EFA8.1050606@ixsystems.com> <20130715141300.GA1986@glenbarber.us> <51E41419.3040503@ixsystems.com>
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Op maandag 15 juli 2013 schreef Alfred Perlstein (alfred@ixsystems.com) het volgende: > On 7/15/13 7:13 AM, Glen Barber wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 05:48:40AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> >>> On 7/15/13 5:44 AM, Andre Oppermann wrote: >>> >>>> On 15.07.2013 08:38, Andre Oppermann wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 13.07.2013 09:47, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Andre, we have a number of people running this patch in the >>>>>> following configurations: >>>>>> >>>>>> 6-8GB ram + 10gigE ethernet using iozone over NFS. >>>>>> >>>>> As you haven't seen any problems yet I've asked RE to green light >>>>> the MFC. >>>>> >>>> RE has rejected the MFC out of fears for unexpected regressions. >>>> >>>> That is unfortunate. I guess re@ doesn't understand that FreeBSD >>> 9.2 will be unusable out of the box for doing 10gigE for more than a >>> few microseconds. >>> >>> Can we not just do my original patch that has the check for 64bit >>> pointers before unscaling maxusers? That would be dirt simple and >>> just work with minimal risk. >>> >>> IMHO, this is considered a new feature, and not a critical bug fix. re@ >> asked from the start of the code slush to avoid new features, and at >> this point, it is too late. It is not worth introducing possible >> regressions, which will only delay the 9.2-RELEASE. >> >> Glen >> >> OK, then we need a release notes telling people a sane value for > nmbclusters and friends so that they know how to make 10gigE work. > > I'll poll my team for a value if someone else has one, that would be even > better. > > -- > Alfred Perlstein > VP Software Engineering, iXsystems Is there a possibility that a separate unofficial patch set could be released for people who want the autotuning but do not want to run 9 stable after 9.2 is released. I would like the autotuning, but i am a little reluctent to use other stable stuff i will get when tracking stable. Regards Johan > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**stable<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>; > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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