Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:06:43 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: "C. L. Martinez" <carlopmart@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Avoid sharing interrupts in FreeBSD under ESXi Message-ID: <CAJ-VmonOghBaRSJ7RkP=E42ZX9e0fXSOVJrHWTKnj_o7PXZCHA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAEjQA5%2Bisb%2B_LL1rRoTfWotw-GVEEV0gODaDOzj1AhwwAXNHXA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAEjQA5%2Bmpkz2u3r87PXiLWaimbyh8Qftsj1Uvbm0hH5zUC3JaA@mail.gmail.com> <CAEjQA5%2Bisb%2B_LL1rRoTfWotw-GVEEV0gODaDOzj1AhwwAXNHXA@mail.gmail.com>
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... you mean if mpt and em share an interrupt, things get wedged? adrian On 18 June 2013 01:16, C. L. Martinez <carlopmart@gmail.com> 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"
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