Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:24:15 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Jan Mikkelsen <janm@transactionware.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Subject: Re: mfi timeouts Message-ID: <4EB9AC0F.2040209@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <201111081450.34686.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <4EA9E0C3.5080306@unsane.co.uk> <992755CA-6479-4B9A-A3D5-DD5C1871089A@transactionware.com> <4EB1BA7A.2000307@unsane.co.uk> <201111081450.34686.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On 08/11/2011 19:50, John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday, November 02, 2011 5:47:38 pm Vincent Hoffman wrote: >> 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. >> The patch you linked to seems to have removed the stalls, although I >> have only had it running for a day. I'll post if it stalls again though. >> >> I did manage to scrounge the use of a Dell r410 with a >> LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator] (rev 05) >> Badged as Dell PERC H700 Adapter >> >> to test out the patch I originally found but had the same issue as this post >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-September/063821.html >> >> >> I couldnt get the dell to stall in the first place either though so it >> could be a specific firmware version that the issue. >> >> Anyway thanks for the pointers. > Hmm, did you try the patch I had posted from that earlier thread? It had > two changes in it, one was similar to the patch in the PR, the second added > MSI-X support. I've since tweaked it to make the MSI-X support off by > default but possible to enable via loader.conf. Would you be willing to > try the updated patch at www.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/mfi.patch? Hi, yes I tried the patch you posted originally, unfortunately the dell never finished booting either. The Supermicro is now in production but I'll take the dell up to 9-STABLE and try your updated patch. Vince > >> Vince >> >>
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