Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:05:54 +0400 From: rihad <rihad@mail.ru> To: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, vince@unsane.co.uk Subject: Re: mfi timeouts Message-ID: <512DA242.4060903@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <BA73D2269A9E463BBF5BC4038A160E08@multiplay.co.uk> References: <512CFF90.8080806@mail.ru> <BA73D2269A9E463BBF5BC4038A160E08@multiplay.co.uk>
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On 02/27/2013 03:39 AM, Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "rihad" <rihad@mail.ru> > > >>> 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. > > I'm about to commit a major patch to mfi, which many problems with the > current driver. Given info in that PR it could well fix this problem. > > Unfortunately due to the number of changes, its likely to sit in head > for a > while before it gets MFC, just to be safe. > > We've been running it on 8.3-RELEASE on top of the driver from head for > some months and not issues so far. So if anyone is interested in a > patchset for that I'll be able to provide. > > I'll post a link to the commit when I'm done. Thanks, if the trivial dummy read proves insufficient, sure I'll need to look into that :) Thanks.
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