Hi Marco, I just updated controller and disks firmware to the latest version available. The controller Dell SAS6IR does not have cache.
I tried the latest snapshot and this is the outcome: # uname -a OpenBSD test.my.domain 4.6 GENERIC.MP#385 i386 # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0d bs=1m count=100 100+0 records in 100+0 records out 104857600 bytes transferred in 10.451 secs (10033167 bytes/sec) FreeBSD 8 is more or less twice faster. Regarding the other two issues. The Intel PRO/1000 QP still does not work. I can install the amd64 version but then it freezes at boot just after "softraid0 at root". Bye Andrea On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:10:11 -0600, Marco Peereboom <sl...@peereboom.us> wrote: > I use tons of them without issues. Did you update all BIOS and > firmwares on those things? > > You also really want to enable write cache on those disks hanging of > mpi. dlg was working on a diff to enable that by default. > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:46:18PM +0100, Andrea Parazzini wrote: >> We have some Dell R610 and they do not work very well with OpenBSD: >> - very bad disk performance, perhaps the mpi(4) driver. >> - the optional Intel PRO/1000 QP does not work well (see my previous > post). >> - amd64 version does not work. >> >> I have not tried the latest snapshots. >> >> Regards, >> Andrea OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC.MP) #385: Mon Jan 11 23:33:41 MST 2010 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5502 @ 1.87GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.87 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR real mem = 3479375872 (3318MB) avail mem = 3383427072 (3226MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/17/09, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfa1c0, SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xcf79c000 (83 entries) bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "1.2.6" date 07/17/2009 bios0: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R610 acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC SPCR HPET DM__ MCFG WD__ SLIC ERST HEST BERT EINJ SRAT TCPA SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S5) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 16 (boot processor) cpu0: unknown i686 model 0x1a, can't get bus clock (0x0) cpu0: apic clock running at 132MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 20 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5502 @ 1.87GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.87 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 0 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic1 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec80000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic1: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 1 acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (PEX1) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (PEX3) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX4) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX5) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX6) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 4 (PEX7) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 8 (PEX9) acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEXA) acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus 3 (SBEX) acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus 12 (COMP) acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C1 acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C1 bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x5c00 0xce000/0x1000! 0xec000/0x4000! ipmi at mainbus0 not configured cpu0: EST: PSS not yet available for this processor pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 5500 Host" rev 0x13 ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel X58 PCIE" rev 0x13 pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 bnx0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5709" rev 0x20: apic 1 int 4 (irq 15) bnx1 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 "Broadcom BCM5709" rev 0x20: apic 1 int 16 (irq 14) ppb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel X58 PCIE" rev 0x13 pci2 at ppb1 bus 2 bnx2 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5709" rev 0x20: apic 1 int 0 (irq 15) bnx3 at pci2 dev 0 function 1 "Broadcom BCM5709" rev 0x20: apic 1 int 10 (irq 14) ppb2 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel X58 PCIE" rev 0x13: apic 1 int 21 (irq 0) pci3 at ppb2 bus 4 ppb3 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e pci4 at ppb3 bus 5 ppb4 at pci4 dev 2 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e pci5 at ppb4 bus 6 em0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 15 (irq 11), address 00:1b:21:3f:2a:70 em1 at pci5 dev 0 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 14 (irq 10), address 00:1b:21:3f:2a:71 ppb5 at pci4 dev 4 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e pci6 at ppb5 bus 7 em2 at pci6 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 6 (irq 15), address 00:1b:21:3f:2a:74 em3 at pci6 dev 0 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 13 (irq 14), address 00:1b:21:3f:2a:75 ppb6 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "Intel X58 PCIE" rev 0x13: apic 1 int 21 (irq 0) pci7 at ppb6 bus 8 ppb7 at pci7 dev 0 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e pci8 at ppb7 bus 9 ppb8 at pci8 dev 2 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e pci9 at ppb8 bus 10 em4 at pci9 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 23 (irq 11), address 00:1b:21:3f:19:38 em5 at pci9 dev 0 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 17 (irq 10), address 00:1b:21:3f:19:39 ppb9 at pci8 dev 4 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e pci10 at ppb9 bus 11 em6 at pci10 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 8 (irq 15), address 00:1b:21:3f:19:3c em7 at pci10 dev 0 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02: apic 1 int 18 (irq 14), address 00:1b:21:3f:19:3d "Intel X58 Misc" rev 0x13 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 not configured "Intel X58 GPIO" rev 0x13 at pci0 dev 20 function 1 not configured "Intel X58 RAS" rev 0x13 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 not configured uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0 int 17 (irq 14) uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0 int 18 (irq 11) ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0 int 19 (irq 10) usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb10 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x02 pci11 at ppb10 bus 3 mpi0 at pci11 dev 0 function 0 "Symbios Logic SAS1068E" rev 0x08: apic 0 int 16 (irq 15) scsibus0 at mpi0: 112 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <Dell, VIRTUAL DISK, 1028> SCSI3 0/direct fixed sd0: 285568MB, 512 bytes/sec, 584843264 sec total ses0 at scsibus0 targ 8 lun 0: <DP, BACKPLANE, 1.07> SCSI3 13/enclosure services fixed uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0 int 21 (irq 6) uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0 int 20 (irq 5) ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0 int 21 (irq 6) usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb11 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x92 pci12 at ppb11 bus 12 vga1 at pci12 dev 3 function 0 "Matrox MGA G200eW" rev 0x0a wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801IB LPC" rev 0x02: PM disabled pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801I SATA" rev 0x02: DMA, channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI pciide0: using apic 0 int 23 (irq 14) for native-PCI interrupt usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at ichpcib0 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 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support uhub6 at uhub0 port 3 "Standard Microsystems product 0x2514" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 umass0 at uhub1 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "Avocent USB Composite Device-1" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 sd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <iDRAC, LCDRIVE, 0323> SCSI0 0/direct removable sd1: drive offline umass1 at uhub1 port 3 configuration 1 interface 1 "Avocent USB Composite Device-1" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2 umass1: using SCSI over Bulk-Only scsibus2 at umass1: 2 targets, initiator 0 cd0 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <iDRAC, Virtual CD, 0323> SCSI0 5/cdrom removable sd2 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 1: <iDRAC, Virtual Floppy, 0323> SCSI0 0/direct removable sd2: drive offline uhidev0 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Avocent USB Composite Device-0" rev 1.10/0.00 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/1 ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes wskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 uhidev1 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "Avocent USB Composite Device-0" rev 1.10/0.00 addr 2 uhidev1: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev1: 3 buttons, Z dir wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 vscsi0 at root scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets softraid0 at root root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b cpu1: unknown i686 model 0x1a, can't get bus clock (0x0) bnx0: address 00:22:19:5d:b4:c4 brgphy0 at bnx0 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8 bnx1: address 00:22:19:5d:b4:c6 brgphy1 at bnx1 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8 bnx2: address 00:22:19:5d:b4:c8 brgphy2 at bnx2 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8 bnx3: address 00:22:19:5d:b4:ca brgphy3 at bnx3 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8