From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 18 09:06:44 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DBCF97C; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:06:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qa0-x22f.google.com (mail-qa0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c00::22f]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2BA518DC; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:06:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id i13so2026910qae.20 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:06:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=GTdZLZEzqwc7fsPifKGadSbEkr/gkI1EfxHpyWbN+pI=; b=rUck29GubBrzrFoSTTSTu0evkvCs3C1WCP3GERpicWz2MLYA4fI9+hastvjb9sdhzV 7MIZ+jo8c2JAESZIb5DEMvZOGDuHxswHo/EPEE75eEqSi2rNPEGKHAs8GuXX+9Va1rF+ 7FR2lJ+umHceUeR+2FJMSfrLP1XjqZZmTR72NoiX8hEFjjUCUQrmMf5U2SEDW1M6k17s x3soDD1P6CDh/CTbv25wcFDJyOIXT/drq2dUX7TnrMPUHSi6sUmhOi/4Tu+S7S6qMPfx oa8/dU+IUsb7oSMY4bcPmsDd2ndz7NzwouiPcfRGLYfJjC+IOQ1PV0AkPyPbIsD+r7+w +zaw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.11.6 with SMTP id r6mr1726794qar.65.1371546403280; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:06:43 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.5.65 with HTTP; Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:06:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:06:43 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: tLcwrgLzkx_NScEasQHEBV2cIIs Message-ID: Subject: Re: Avoid sharing interrupts in FreeBSD under ESXi From: Adrian Chadd To: "C. L. Martinez" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:06:44 -0000 ... you mean if mpt and em share an interrupt, things get wedged? adrian On 18 June 2013 01:16, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Hi all, > > First, sorry for the cross-posting. > > I have installed a FreeBSD 8.4 vm under an ESXi 5.1 U1 server. All > works ok, except for interrupt usage between mpt and nic interfaces: > > root@fbsdtst:~ # vmstat -i > interrupt total rate > irq1: atkbd0 6 0 > irq6: fdc0 9 0 > irq16: em2 mpt2 945924 1 > irq17: em3 em6 2124484 4 > irq18: em0 em4 em7+ 5950584 11 > irq19: em1 em5 em8+ 2317830055 4499 > cpu0: timer 206119496 400 > Total 2532970558 4916 > > I have enabled the following options in loader.conf: > > hw.pci.enable_msi="0" > hw.pci.enable_msix="0" > > without a result. Is it possible to avoid to share interrupts in > FreeBSD when it is running as a vm? Exists some kernel option to > resolve this (via sysctl or compiling a new kernel)? > > Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"