Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 05:33:17 -0800 From: Chuck Tuffli <chuck@freebsd.org> To: yuripv@yuripv.net Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: nda(4) does not work (reliably) in VMware Workstation Message-ID: <CAKAYmMLQpnb0w7YS9KRDgssh8rrZjJCG02hZGb7NeP3Yr55AiA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKAYmM%2Bg9Hd2wy_qizFGPEKyqYUyseXFY5jmPbxydHq6aiYK=w@mail.gmail.com> References: <015e28d3-3c6f-b5f3-b41a-5f6d367dddbb@yuripv.net> <CAKAYmM%2BRqymn0DXD6O43GFGMMsh790gDT95c3oQX43iaYFXVBA@mail.gmail.com> <9db60b9c-fea0-c5d6-5f8f-eae051c3f92d@yuripv.net> <CAKAYmM%2Bg9Hd2wy_qizFGPEKyqYUyseXFY5jmPbxydHq6aiYK=w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 3:50 PM Chuck Tuffli <chuck@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 3:43 PM Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net> wrote: > >> Chuck Tuffli wrote: >> > On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 12:28 PM Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net >> > <mailto:yuripv@yuripv.net>> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > Running -HEAD in VMware Workstation 15.0.2 VM. Trying to use nda(4) >> > instead of nvd(4) shows the following list of errors, and eventually >> > panics: >> > >> > https://people.freebsd.org/~yuripv/nda1.png >> > https://people.freebsd.org/~yuripv/nda2.png >> > >> > nvd(4) works without issues in this VM. nda(4) works as well in >> VMware >> > ESXi VMs. Is this a problem with WS NVMe emulation? >> > >> > >> > Since I don't have access to ESXi, the attached is a speculative fix. If >> > it works, I'll clean this up a bit and get it committed. If not, please >> > post the output from: >> > nvmecontrol identtify nvme0 >> >> Thank you, it seems to help (was seeing the issue previously immediately >> after boot). BTW, the ESXi VM works fine with nda, it's only the >> Workstation that had the problem. Comparing `nvmecontrol identify` >> output from both, the only difference is (first is WS, second is ESXi): >> >> -Dataset Management Command: Not Supported >> +Dataset Management Command: Supported >> > > OK, that makes sense given the error message and the patch working. I'll > get this cleaned up and committed. Thanks for the report! > Committed r342046 to address this --chuck
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