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Date:      Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:56:04 -0700
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, ru@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, jhb@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/bce if_bce.c src/sys/dev/em if_em.c if_em.h src/sys/dev/mpt mpt.h mpt_pci.c
Message-ID:  <455BA914.7010602@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061115.165057.-1632628388.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <200611151756.31047.jhb@freebsd.org>	<20061115.160821.1973602865.imp@bsdimp.com>	<455BA0B6.1000109@samsco.org> <20061115.165057.-1632628388.imp@bsdimp.com>

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M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <455BA0B6.1000109@samsco.org>
>             Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> writes:
> : M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > In message: <200611151756.31047.jhb@freebsd.org>
> : >             John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> writes:
> : > : On Wednesday 15 November 2006 17:51, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> : > : > In message: <455B963A.4050200@samsco.org>
> : > : >             Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> writes:
> : > : > : John Baldwin wrote:
> : > : > : > On Wednesday 15 November 2006 16:51, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> : > : > : >> On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 12:51:19AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> : > : > : >>> On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 08:04:57PM +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> : > : > : >>>> jhb         2006-11-15 20:04:57 UTC
> : > : > : >>>>
> : > : > : >>>>   FreeBSD src repository
> : > : > : >>>>
> : > : > : >>>>   Modified files:
> : > : > : >>>>     sys/dev/bce          if_bce.c 
> : > : > : >>>>     sys/dev/em           if_em.c if_em.h 
> : > : > : >>>>     sys/dev/mpt          mpt.h mpt_pci.c 
> : > : > : >>>>   Log:
> : > : > : >>>>   Add MSI support to em(4), bce(4), and mpt(4).  For now, we only 
> : > : > : > support
> : > : > : >>>>   devices that support a maximum of 1 message, and we use that 1 
> : > : message
> : > : > : >>>>   instead of the INTx rid 0 IRQ with the same interrupt handler, etc.
> : > : > : >>>>   
> : > : > : >>>>   Revision  Changes    Path
> : > : > : >>>>   1.19      +11 -3     src/sys/dev/bce/if_bce.c
> : > : > : >>>>   1.164     +11 -2     src/sys/dev/em/if_em.c
> : > : > : >>>>   1.56      +1 -0      src/sys/dev/em/if_em.h
> : > : > : >>>>   1.31      +1 -0      src/sys/dev/mpt/mpt.h
> : > : > : >>>>   1.39      +14 -1     src/sys/dev/mpt/mpt_pci.c
> : > : > : >>>>
> : > : > : >>> How will the "vmstat -i" output look like for MSI-enabled devices?
> : > : > : >>>
> : > : > : >> irqXXXX, where XXXX>=1024?
> : > : > : > 
> : > : > : > s/1024/256/
> : > : > : > 
> : > : > : 
> : > : > : There is a problem here, though.  Newbus prints out the IRQ number after
> : > : > : a successful device probe phase.  It has no knowledge of MSI at that 
> : > : > : point, so it just prints out the traditional IRQ value.  At some point,
> : > : > : this needs to be fixed.  Having the driver tell newbus about its MSI
> : > : > : intentions in the probe routine is unrealistic, so there is no quick
> : > : > : fix there.  Probably need to delay printing the device message until
> : > : > : later in the attach routine, once the driver has set up all of the 
> : > : > : resources.
> : > : > 
> : > : > I've been wanting to move the printing of the attach string from
> : > : > post-probe, pre-attach to post-attach for some time now.  We would
> : > : > then report the resources assigned to the device.  I'm not sure if I'd
> : > : > print all the resources assigned, or only those the driver activates.
> : > : > Both sides of the argument have merit, imho.  On the pro side,
> : > : > resources are used, and printing them will help highlight conflicts.
> : > : > On the con side, people think it clutters things up too much and might
> : > : > lead to false expectations.
> : > : > 
> : > : > When I've mentioned this desire at various developer summits, I was
> : > : > told basically "go for it, but only at freebsd X.0 since people have
> : > : > dmesg parsers" by many people (maybe even including Scott).
> : > : 
> : > : Also, the way it works now, if attach fails and the routine prints out error 
> : > : messages, you get to see line for the device first with the initial resources 
> : > : and then you see the error message from the driver.  If you move the printf 
> : > : down, then all you get is an error message from the driver.  At the very 
> : > : least this would break POLA for a lot of our users.  I'm still undecided.
> : > : I could add a printf when a device ends up succesfully allocating MSI or MSI-X 
> : > : IRQs if people desired.
> : > 
> : > I'd prefer those be under bootverbose.
> : > 
> : > I think the real answer may be to get devinfo output to be real...
> : > 
> : > Warner
> : 
> : Yeah, the resource info really is superfluous during boot.  It looks 
> : cool in the old-school unix way, but that's about it.  Maybe it's time
> : to change newbus to only print the driver name and driver-supplied 
> : description after the probe phase, like you hint at.  newbus could then
> : print resource info as the driver activates it, if bootverbose is set.
> : I'd support something like this for 7.0, even if devinfo doesn't get
> : fully fixed.  If MSI gets merged to RELENG_6, then we'll just have to
> : live with the incorrect newbus prints.
> : 
> : So for example, I would change this:
> : 
> : atapci0: <Intel ICH5 SATA150 controller> port 
> : 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 31.2 on pci0
> : 
> : into:
> : 
> : atapci0: <Intel ICH5 SATA150 controller> at device 31.2 on pci0
> 
> That's exactly what I'm thinking too.  Glad to see we're on the same
> page.
> 
> : Calls to bus_activate_resouce/bus_alloc_resource(RF_ACTIVE) could then
> : print the various resources, contingent on bootverbose being set.  This
> : would make the ugly [GIANT_LOCKED] and [FAST] messages that get printed
> : right now have a chance of being more consistent.
> 
> I was thinking that if we printed things last, we could potentially
> eliminate them from normal use and just print them as part of the
> resources (optionally?):
> 
> atapci0: port 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0xfc00-0xfc0f irq 23 [FAST]
> 
> or something similar...
> 
> Warner

Sounds good.  Beware that MSI makes it possible to have as many as 64
interrupts per device, though it's more common to have anywhere from 1
to 8.  I'd probably split up your above line into 2 lines, one for
memory resources and one for interrupt resources.

Scott




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