From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 16 17:38:18 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB84B41 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:38:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joh.hendriks@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vc0-x234.google.com (mail-vc0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c03::234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F485784 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:38:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f180.google.com with SMTP id gf11so655580vcb.25 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:38:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=/y8gNKuGR2eHZ8Ou/K1LK/i1/yYwIVQmx19qnffx3xQ=; b=iWZSPNmCmhQvGpwGQGvYDo24ZyhVkg6ri6uSWlr6CqwbIdsSuw3DXJWvSjXWGO8vrV 5SjMFv9C5avJFeBg6ofL8cWCtLIAYlCdox4LEkVviNskuXV9k739kyArqTEAiXwRNVly CVrYk/D3KxPX4qNM2oSHVJqt2I6C+8Q3zAPGR9H/U3/yoQqIfWNJE8RbUGVeUMOq6Sd2 fCRV9AvsWO0gOjy3JB8yAnJbhhNWPSO6JUeFY+mEStrFbVsEzKJQoH6NoRAFodcLrAgR xDRZBqXMksI5/54u4zw8/ckl0hZHIW/kZH3Rn9ImA6nxL0WYteDvzV8dLKjBeSsts04T 5QwA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.16.77 with SMTP id e13mr654197vdd.49.1373996297948; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:38:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.58.249.1 with HTTP; Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:38:17 -0700 (PDT) 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> Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:38:17 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: status of autotuning freebsd for 9.2 From: Johan Hendriks To: Alfred Perlstein Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: freebsd-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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, 16 Jul 2013 17:38:19 -0000 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 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >