On 09/11/2011 14:39, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:39:07 pm Vincent Hoffman wrote: >> On 08/11/2011 22:24, Vincent Hoffman wrote: >>> 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. >>> >> The patch didnt apply quite cleanly for 9-STABLE, 1 reject as it had >> already been applied. > Odd, it's against stock head, so I don't know why it would have failed to > apply. > I think it was http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=227309
no big deal. >> I have rebooted the dell and it seems happy with the new patch (msi >> disabled.) > Okay, good. I'll commit the non-MSI bits at least and get them merged into > 9.0 if possible. > >> Booting with >> hw.mfi.msix=1 in /boot/loader.conf causes the timeouts again and stops >> the boot from completing. > Ok. Can you try changing it to use MSI instead of MSI-X? Just edit the > mfi_pci.c call and replace 'pci_alloc_msix' with 'pci_alloc_msi'. > I'll have a try. Vince _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"