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Date:      Mon, 10 Dec 2018 02:43:29 +0300
From:      Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net>
To:        Chuck Tuffli <chuck@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: nda(4) does not work (reliably) in VMware Workstation
Message-ID:  <9db60b9c-fea0-c5d6-5f8f-eae051c3f92d@yuripv.net>
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From: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net>
To: Chuck Tuffli <chuck@freebsd.org>
Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Message-ID: <9db60b9c-fea0-c5d6-5f8f-eae051c3f92d@yuripv.net>
Subject: Re: nda(4) does not work (reliably) in VMware Workstation
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Chuck Tuffli wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 12:28 PM Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.net
> <mailto:yuripv@yuripv.net>> wrote:
>=20
>     Hi,
>=20
>     Running -HEAD in VMware Workstation 15.0.2 VM.=C2=A0 Trying to use =
nda(4)
>     instead of nvd(4) shows the following list of errors, and eventuall=
y
>     panics:
>=20
>     https://people.freebsd.org/~yuripv/nda1.png
>     https://people.freebsd.org/~yuripv/nda2.png
>=20
>     nvd(4) works without issues in this VM.=C2=A0 nda(4) works as well =
in VMware
>     ESXi VMs.=C2=A0 Is this a problem with WS NVMe emulation?
>=20
>=20
> Since I don't have access to ESXi, the attached is a speculative fix. I=
f
> 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




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