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Date:      Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:57:27 +0200
From:      Ireneusz Pluta <ipluta@wp.pl>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System hangs during heavy sequential write to mfi device
Message-ID:  <4C28E287.5010103@wp.pl>
In-Reply-To: <201006281326.08896.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <4C2499B5.3030404@wp.pl> <201006280937.56174.jhb@freebsd.org> <4C28C706.80309@wp.pl> <201006281326.08896.jhb@freebsd.org>

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John Baldwin pisze:
> On Monday 28 June 2010 12:00:06 pm Ireneusz Pluta wrote:
>   
>> John Baldwin pisze:
>>     
>>> On Friday 25 June 2010 4:59:57 pm Ireneusz Pluta wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> John Baldwin pisze:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Hmmm.  You might have a hardware issue.  OTOH, you can try seeing if you 
>>>>>           
> have 
>   
>>>>> a BIOS option to disable PCIE error logging.
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> is it one of them?:
>>>>
>>>> Assert NMI on SERR
>>>> Assert NMI on PERR
>>>>
>>>> (pdf page 109 of: -> 
>>>>
>>>>         
> http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s5520hc/sb/e39529013_s5520hc_s5500hcv_s5520hct_tps_r1_9.pdf)
>   
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Well, that will turn off the NMIs.  Not sure if it will affect the event
>>> logging, but it is worth a shot.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Per BIOS setup documentation:
>>
>> On SERR, generate an NMI and log an error.
>> Note: [Enabled] must be selected for the Assert NMI
>> on PERR setup option to be visible.
>>
>> and:
>>
>> On PERR, generate an NMI and log an error.
>> Note: This option is only active if the Assert NMI on
>> SERR option is [Enabled] selected.
>>
>> However, disabling them did not change anything.
>>     
>
> Is it still logging errors and sending NMIs with them disabled?
>   
with the options I mentioned disabled. They do not have to be the only 
sources of NMIs, do they?




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