On 8 October 2015 at 07:13, Marcus MERIGHI <mcmer-open...@tor.at> wrote:
> mcmer-open...@tor.at (Marcus MERIGHI), 2015.10.08 (Thu) 12:26 (CEST):
>> kwesterb...@gmail.com (Kenneth Westerback), 2014.03.19 (Wed) 17:09 (CET):
>> > Alas, softraid only supports 512 byte block devices at the moment.
>> > .... Ken
>>
>> Any news on this one? No answer as always means 'no'.
>
> After reading the commit log for softraid I am pretty sure the answer
> is 'no'. Therefore I have a) a patch for softraid(4) and b) another
> question.
>
> Question: searching for large (>1TB) HDDs I found there's '512e' [1]. Is
> this enough for softraid to work? The wikipedia article reads good, just
> to make sure.

Yes, disks that are 4K internally but present as 512-byte devices work fine.

.... Ken

>
> Index: softraid.4
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man4/softraid.4,v
> retrieving revision 1.41
> diff -u -p -u -r1.41 softraid.4
> --- softraid.4  14 Apr 2015 19:10:13 -0000      1.41
> +++ softraid.4  8 Oct 2015 10:53:25 -0000
> @@ -208,3 +208,5 @@ due to component failure.
>  RAID is
>  .Em not
>  a substitute for good backup practices.
> +.Pp
> +Only disks with 512 bytes per sector are supported.
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Format#512e
>
> Bye, Marcus
>
>> I saw plus58.html:
>> * Use DEV_BSIZE instead of 512 where appropriate in the kernel. This
>>   starts laying the groundwork to allow disks with other sector sizes.
>>
>>
>> Just asking because some time has gone by and krw@ thought it was a
>> pitty [0]:
>>
>> [0] http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alas
>> used as an exclamation to express sorrow, grief, pity, concern, or
>> apprehension of evil.
>>
>> Thanks+Bye, Marcus
>>
>> > On Mar 19, 2014 11:36 AM, "Marcus MERIGHI" <mcmer-open...@tor.at> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Reference:
>> > > ``Softraid 3TB Problems''
>> > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=136225193931620
>> > >
>> > > Difference:
>> > > My HDDs show up as 4096 bytes/sector in dmesg.
>> > >
>> > > Short:
>> > > Are there any options for disks that come with 4096 bytes/sector to use
>> > > with softraid(4)/bioctl(8)?
>> > >
>> > > Long:
>> > >
>> > > So I got these lovely large disks:
>> > >
>> > > DMESG (full one at the end):
>> > >
>> > > umass4 at uhub5 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intenso USB 3.0
>> > >   Device" rev 2.10/1.00 addr 9
>> > > umass4: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>> > > scsibus5 at umass4: 2 targets, initiator 0
>> > > sd5 at scsibus5 targ 1 lun 0: <Intenso, USB 3.0 Device, 0> SCSI4
>> > >   0/direct fixed serial.174c55aa0000000022DF
>> > > sd5: 2861588MB, 4096 bytes/sector, 732566646 sectors
>> > >                 ^^^^
>> > > I suppose right above is my problem?
>> > >
>> > > FDISK:
>> > >
>> > > Disk: sd5       geometry: 45600/255/63 [732566646 4096-byte Sectors]
>> > > Offset: 0       Signature: 0xAA55
>> > >             Starting         Ending         LBA Info:
>> > >  #: id      C   H   S -      C   H   S [       start:        size ]
>> > >
>> > >
>> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > --
>> > >  0: 00      0   0   0 -      0   0   0 [           0:           0 ]
>> > >   unused
>> > >  1: 00      0   0   0 -      0   0   0 [           0:           0 ]
>> > >   unused
>> > >  2: 00      0   0   0 -      0   0   0 [           0:           0 ]
>> > >   unused
>> > > *3: A6      0   1   2 -  45599 254  63 [          64:   732563936 ]
>> > >   OpenBSD
>> > >
>> > > DISKLABEL:
>> > >
>> > > # /dev/rsd5c:
>> > > type: SCSI
>> > > disk: SCSI disk
>> > > label: whoknows
>> > > duid: 470974d3647801b8
>> > > flags:
>> > > bytes/sector: 4096
>> > > sectors/track: 63
>> > > tracks/cylinder: 255
>> > > sectors/cylinder: 16065
>> > > cylinders: 45600
>> > > total sectors: 732566646
>> > > boundstart: 64
>> > > boundend: 732564000
>> > > drivedata: 0
>> > >
>> > > 16 partitions:
>> > > #                size           offset  fstype [fsize bsize  cpg]
>> > >   a:        732563936               64    RAID
>> > >   c:        732566646                0  unused
>> > >
>> > > BIOCTL output
>> > >
>> > > $ sudo bioctl -h -v -c C -l /dev/sd3a softraid0
>> > > softraid0: sd3a has unsupported sector size (4096)
>> > > softraid0: invalid metadata format
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance, Marcus
>> > >
>> > > DMESG FULL:
>> > > This is -current with a patch from brad@ to get the NICs (re) working.
>> > >
>> > > OpenBSD 5.5-current (GENERIC.MP) #3: Tue Mar 11 14:18:33 CET 2014
>> > >     r...@fofo.fifi.at:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
>> > > real mem = 4161052672 (3968MB)
>> > > avail mem = 4041580544 (3854MB)
>> > > mainbus0 at root
>> > > bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.7 @ 0xeb530 (73 entries)
>> > > bios0: vendor American Megatrends Inc. version "1.03" date 08/09/2013
>> > > bios0: Shuttle Inc. DS47D
>> > > acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
>> > > acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
>> > > acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC FPDT MCFG SLIC HPET SSDT SSDT SSDT
>> > > acpi0: wakeup devices P0P1(S4) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB4(S3)
>> > > USB5(S3) USB6(S3) USB7(S3) PXSX(S4) RP01(S4) PXSX(S4) RP02(S4) PXSX(S4)
>> > > RP03(S4) PXSX(S4) RP04(S4) [...]
>> > > acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
>> > > acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
>> > > cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
>> > > cpu0: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 847 @ 1.10GHz, 1097.67 MHz
>> > > cpu0:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS
>> > H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX
>> > ,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,XSAVE
>> > ,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC
>> > > cpu0: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
>> > > cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
>> > > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 10 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
>> > > cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz
>> > > cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.1.1.2, IBE
>> > > cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 2 (application processor)
>> > > cpu1: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 847 @ 1.10GHz, 1097.51 MHz
>> > > cpu1:
>> > >
>> > >
>> > FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS
>> > H,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,PCLMUL,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX
>> > ,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,DEADLINE,XSAVE
>> > ,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,ITSC
>> > > cpu1: 256KB 64b/line 8-way L2 cache
>> > > cpu1: smt 0, core 1, package 0
>> > > ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
>> > > acpimcfg0 at acpi0 addr 0xf8000000, bus 0-63
>> > > acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
>> > > acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
>> > > acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (P0P1)
>> > > acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 1 (RP01)
>> > > acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 2 (RP02)
>> > > acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 3 (RP03)
>> > > acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 4 (RP04)
>> > > acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP05)
>> > > acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP06)
>> > > acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP07)
>> > > acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus -1 (RP08)
>> > > acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG0)
>> > > acpiprt11 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG1)
>> > > acpiprt12 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG2)
>> > > acpiprt13 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEG3)
>> > > acpiec0 at acpi0: Failed to read resource settings
>> > > acpicpu0 at acpi0: C1, PSS
>> > > acpicpu1 at acpi0: C1, PSS
>> > > acpipwrres0 at acpi0: FN00, resource for FAN0
>> > > acpipwrres1 at acpi0: FN01, resource for FAN1
>> > > acpipwrres2 at acpi0: FN02, resource for FAN2
>> > > acpipwrres3 at acpi0: FN03, resource for FAN3
>> > > acpipwrres4 at acpi0: FN04, resource for FAN4
>> > > acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 101 degC
>> > > acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature is 101 degC
>> > > acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 not present
>> > > acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present
>> > > acpibat2 at acpi0: BAT2 not present
>> > > acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB
>> > > acpibtn1 at acpi0: LID0
>> > > acpivideo0 at acpi0: GFX0
>> > > cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1097 MHz: speeds: 1100, 1000, 900, 800 MHz
>> > > pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
>> > > pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Core 2G Host" rev 0x09
>> > > vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel HD Graphics 2000" rev 0x09
>> > > intagp0 at vga1
>> > > agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000
>> > > inteldrm0 at vga1
>> > > drm0 at inteldrm0
>> > > inteldrm0: 1280x1024
>> > > wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (std, vt100 emulation)
>> > > wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (std, vt100 emulation)
>> > > "Intel 7 Series MEI" rev 0x04 at pci0 dev 22 function 0 not configured
>> > > ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 7 Series USB" rev 0x04: apic 2
>> > > int 16
>> > > usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
>> > > uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>> > > azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 7 Series HD Audio" rev 0x04:
>> > > msi
>> > > azalia0: codecs: Realtek ALC662, Intel/0x2806, using Realtek ALC662
>> > > audio0 at azalia0
>> > > ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> > > pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
>> > > iwn0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965" rev 0x61:
>> > > msi, MIMO 2T3R, MoW2, address 00:21:5c:04:ca:5f
>> > > ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> > > pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
>> > > re0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x0c: RTL8168G/8111G
>> > > (0x4c00), msi, address 80:ee:73:77:d5:a9
>> > > rgephy0 at re0 phy 7: RTL8251 PHY, rev. 0
>> > > ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> > > pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
>> > > vendor "ASMedia", unknown product 0x1142 (class serial bus subclass USB,
>> > > rev 0x00) at pci3 dev 0 function 0 not configured
>> > > ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 7 Series PCIE" rev 0xc4: msi
>> > > pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
>> > > re1 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 "Realtek 8168" rev 0x0c: RTL8168G/8111G
>> > > (0x4c00), msi, address 80:ee:73:77:d5:a8
>> > > rgephy1 at re1 phy 7: RTL8251 PHY, rev. 0
>> > > ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 7 Series USB" rev 0x04: apic 2
>> > > int 23
>> > > usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
>> > > uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
>> > > pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel NM70 LPC" rev 0x04
>> > > ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 7 Series AHCI" rev 0x04: msi,
>> > > AHCI 1.3
>> > > scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets
>> > > sd0 at scsibus0 targ 2 lun 0: <ATA, TS8GMSM610, 2013> SCSI3 0/direct
>> > > fixed t10.ATA_TS8GMSM610_A93797112253B1000021
>> > > sd0: 7641MB, 512 bytes/sector, 15649200 sectors
>> > > ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 7 Series SMBus" rev 0x04: apic
>> > > 2 int 18
>> > > iic0 at ichiic0
>> > > spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 4GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600 SO-DIMM
>> > > isa0 at pcib0
>> > > isadma0 at isa0
>> > > com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>> > > com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
>> > > pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
>> > > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
>> > > spkr0 at pcppi0
>> > > it0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: IT8728F rev 1, EC port 0xa30
>> > > uhub2 at uhub0 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
>> > > ugen0 at uhub2 port 1 "APC Back-UPS ES 550G FW:870.O2 .I USB FW:O2" rev
>> > > 1.10/1.06 addr 3
>> > > uhidev0 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "NOVATEK USB
>> > > Keyboard" rev 1.10/1.04 addr 4
>> > > uhidev0: iclass 3/1
>> > > ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 variable keys, 6 key codes
>> > > wskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
>> > > uhidev1 at uhub2 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "NOVATEK USB
>> > > Keyboard" rev 1.10/1.04 addr 4
>> > > uhidev1: iclass 3/0, 2 report ids
>> > > uhid0 at uhidev1 reportid 1: input=1, output=0, feature=0
>> > > uhid1 at uhidev1 reportid 2: input=3, output=0, feature=0
>> > > uhub3 at uhub1 port 1 "Intel Rate Matching Hub" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
>> > > umass0 at uhub3 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Generic USB Storage"
>> > > rev 2.00/94.54 addr 3
>> > > umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>> > > scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
>> > > sd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <Generic, STORAGE DEVICE, 9454> SCSI0
>> > > 0/direct removable
>> > > uhub4 at uhub3 port 3 "TRANSCEND USB2.0 Hub" rev 2.00/90.30 addr 4
>> > > umass1 at uhub4 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intenso USB 3.0
>> > > Device" rev 2.10/1.00 addr 5
>> > > umass1: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>> > > scsibus2 at umass1: 2 targets, initiator 0
>> > > sd2 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <Intenso, USB 3.0 Device, 0> SCSI4
>> > > 0/direct fixed serial.174c55aa000000001EA0
>> > > sd2: 2861588MB, 4096 bytes/sector, 732566646 sectors
>> > > umass2 at uhub4 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intenso USB 3.0
>> > > Device" rev 2.10/1.00 addr 6
>> > > umass2: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>> > > scsibus3 at umass2: 2 targets, initiator 0
>> > > sd3 at scsibus3 targ 1 lun 0: <Intenso, USB 3.0 Device, 0> SCSI4
>> > > 0/direct fixed serial.174c55aa000000004CC1
>> > > sd3: 2861588MB, 4096 bytes/sector, 732566646 sectors
>> > > uhub5 at uhub3 port 4 "TRANSCEND USB2.0 Hub" rev 2.00/90.30 addr 7
>> > > umass3 at uhub5 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intenso USB 3.0
>> > > Device" rev 2.10/1.00 addr 8
>> > > umass3: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>> > > scsibus4 at umass3: 2 targets, initiator 0
>> > > sd4 at scsibus4 targ 1 lun 0: <Intenso, USB 3.0 Device, 0> SCSI4
>> > > 0/direct fixed serial.174c55aa000000001F1F
>> > > sd4: 2861588MB, 4096 bytes/sector, 732566646 sectors
>> > > umass4 at uhub5 port 4 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intenso USB 3.0
>> > > Device" rev 2.10/1.00 addr 9
>> > > umass4: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
>> > > scsibus5 at umass4: 2 targets, initiator 0
>> > > sd5 at scsibus5 targ 1 lun 0: <Intenso, USB 3.0 Device, 0> SCSI4
>> > > 0/direct fixed serial.174c55aa0000000022DF
>> > > sd5: 2861588MB, 4096 bytes/sector, 732566646 sectors
>> > > vscsi0 at root
>> > > scsibus6 at vscsi0: 256 targets
>> > > softraid0 at root
>> > > scsibus7 at softraid0: 256 targets
>> > > root on sd0a (cc476e21b86f4015.a) swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
>> > > softraid0: sd2a has unsupported sector size (4096)
>> > > softraid0: invalid metadata format
>> !DSPAM:5616461145311094310456!

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