From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 17:49:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 436151065672; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:49:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from christoph_hoffmann@me.com) Received: from asmtpout019.mac.com (asmtpout019.mac.com [17.148.16.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28C998FC14; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:49:24 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Received: from tunnel0.sec101.ch ([62.2.44.112]) by asmtp019.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Exchange Server 7u4-20.01 64bit (built Nov 21 2010)) with ESMTPSA id <0LQ400H72XI71X40@asmtp019.mac.com>; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:49:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.4.6813,1.0.211,0.0.0000 definitions=2011-08-18_06:2011-08-18, 2011-08-18, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=2 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1012030000 definitions=main-1108180168 From: Christoph Hoffmann In-reply-to: <201108181310.10920.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:49:18 +0200 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-id: References: <201108161515.50127.jhb@freebsd.org> <23B6937F-F261-4DC4-9168-96720251C98D@me.com> <201108181310.10920.jhb@freebsd.org> To: John Baldwin X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gptzfsboot error using HP Smart Array P410i Controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:49:25 -0000 John,=20 Unfortunately not, as we is still need 4 additional instructions or some = sort of memory=20 barrier [ like mb() in Tru64 :) ] . Regards, Christoph -- Christoph Hoffmann On Aug 18, 2011, at 7:10 PM, John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday, August 18, 2011 12:30:24 pm Christoph Hoffmann wrote: >> Hello John, >>=20 >> Thank you very much indeed for the hints. >>=20 >> I am under the impression that we are facing a problem with = synchronisation=20 >> of CPU local caches. I also wasn't able to find any problem with = memory=20 >> allocation. >>=20 >> This box is equipped with: >>=20 >> 1 Processor(s) detected, 4 total cores enabled, Hyperthreading is = enabled =20 >> Proc 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5630 @ 2.53GHz = =20 >> QPI Speed: 5.8 GT/s = =20 >>=20 >> Changing the order of execution in zfsboot.c main() function to >>=20 >> [=85] >> int >> main(void) >> { >> [=85] >> bios_getmem(); >>=20 >> if (high_heap_size > 0) { >> [=85] >> bootinfo.bi_version =3D BOOTINFO_VERSION; >> bootinfo.bi_size =3D sizeof(bootinfo); >> bootinfo.bi_basemem =3D bios_basemem / 1024; >> bootinfo.bi_extmem =3D bios_extmem / 1024; >> bootinfo.bi_memsizes_valid++; >> /* bootinfo.bi_bios_dev =3D dsk->drive; */ >> bootinfo.bi_bios_dev =3D *(uint8_t *)PTOV(ARGS); >=20 > What if you leave the order as-is but just change this one line to use=20= > PTOV(ARGS) directly here instead of 'dsk->drive'? >=20 > --=20 > John Baldwin > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"