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On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:31:44 pm rihad 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.
> > />/
> > /This looks promising, I'll give a try when I get a moment.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Did the patch help? We're having the same issues & running "mfiutil show 
> volumes" every minute doesn't make the freezes go away.
> Will this small patch be ok on 8.2-RELEASE-p4? Thanks.

You can use the patch on 8.2.

-- 
John Baldwin