Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 10:06:49 +0100 From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com> Cc: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: Re: Device timeout from mfi(9) while booting 9.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <5A58E4C49C3D42B0AFADC2B7C4D4B013@multiplay.co.uk> References: <CAFMmRNzWwxe=YVJcC7Lkjqru5eugciwzEQHjgE-Bh-ctOykVNQ@mail.gmail.com> <20131003194704.GG41229@kib.kiev.ua> <E0480AD0-8097-41D2-BCB6-8650AA662C20@transactionware.com> <20131004052457.GN41229@kib.kiev.ua> <DAB5A340-813E-4495-A771-14523E64F526@transactionware.com> <24C7E2F8EDAF40439C076C03B8A0E203@multiplay.co.uk> <ED830028-7B99-4727-B14A-CACE36A8DCD5@transactionware.com> <1380902373.2621.12.camel@localhost> <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC2F488@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> <2F782A12-C6C0-46F0-849E-935ED4B007BA@transactionware.com> <0370DB3A3A804CB48C862133FC053836@multiplay.co.uk> <79021054-40E5-40C6-89E1-4483709A8574@transactionware.com>
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From: "Jan Mikkelsen" <janm@transactionware.com>
..
> Just to confirm when you say fine, have you checked to ensure none
> are reporting timeouts?
> Yes.
>
> Only the first two of these are from a 9.2 era system (also the ones
> with the most recent firmware).
>
> We did have timeout issues while testing this platform which were
> resolved by taking the mfi driver from -HEAD at the time and setting
> hw.mfi.msi=1. The oldest ones have been running for over two years.
Thats curious, hw.mfi.msi=1 is the default so you shouldn't need to
change this.
Also heads mfi is almost identical to 9.2 so not sure why you would
need to update, could you clarify?
Regards
Steve
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