installer freebsd9 bata1

2011-08-22 Thread Yampress

Welcome
I installed freebsd 9bata1 and noticed the installer does not create a 
user account's home directory.

Have to manually create after installation.
Greet
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Re: installer freebsd9 beta1

2011-08-22 Thread Holger Kipp
Hello *,

I'll just add a 'me too'.  Had not posted to the list
because I wasn't sure if it wasn't because of me :-)

Best regards,
Holger

Am 22.08.2011 um 09:26 schrieb Yampress:

> Welcome
> I installed freebsd 9bata1 and noticed the installer does not create a user 
> account's home directory.
> Have to manually create after installation.
> Greet
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Re: Serial multiport error Oxford/Startech PEX2S952

2011-08-22 Thread Greg Byshenk
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:20:33AM +0200, Greg Byshenk wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 09:44:41PM +0100, David Wood wrote:
>  
> > I wrote and contributed the support code for the OXPCIe95x serial chips 
> > - and just happened to notice your report.
> 
> Thanks for the response.
> 
> 
> > In message <20110821154249.ge92...@core.byshenk.net>, Greg Byshenk 
> >  writes
> > >I'm having a problem with a StarTech PEX2S952 dual-port serial
> > >card.
> > >
> > >I believe that it should be supported, as it has this entry in
> > >pucdata.c
> > >
> > >[...]
> > >   {   0x1415, 0xc158, 0x, 0,
> > >   "Oxford Semiconductor OXPCIe952 UARTs",
> > >   DEFAULT_RCLK * 0x22,
> > >   PUC_PORT_NONSTANDARD, 0x10, 0, -1,
> > >   .config_function = puc_config_oxford_pcie
> > >   },
> > >[...]
> > 
> > It should be supported. The OXPCIe952 is more awkward to support than 
> > the OXPCIe954 and OXPCIe958 because it can be configured in so many 
> > different ways by the board manufacturer. However, 0xc158 is 
> > configuration that is identical in arrangement as the larger chips, so 
> > is the configuration I'm most confident of. I've just double-checked the 
> > data sheets, and can't see any relevant differences between 0xc158 
> > OXPCIe952 and the OXPCIe954 I tested the code with.
> > 
> > I use my OXPCIe954 board on FreeBSD 8.2, and have had success reports 
> > from other OXPCIe954 and OXPCIe958 board users (including someone with a 
> > 16 port board based on dual OXPCIe958s). I have yet to try FreeBSD 9.x 
> > on my hardware.
> > 
> > 
> > >And, while it is recognized at boot -- after adding
> > >
> > >  device  puc
> > >  options COM_MULTIPORT
> > 
> > I'm 99% certain that "options COM_MULTIPORT" relates to the old sio(4) 
> > code - I certainly don't need it on 8.x. Does it make any difference if 
> > you delete that line and just leave "device puc"?
> 
> I will rebuild my kernel and try.
>  
>  
> > >to my kernel, it doesn't seem to be working. The devices '/dev/cuau2'
> > >and '/dev/cuau3' show up, and I can connect to them, but they don't
> > >seem to pass any traffic. If I connect to the serial console of
> > >another machine (one that I know for certain is working), I get
> > >nothing at all.
> > 
> > Have you remembered to set the speed (and other relevant options) on the 
> > .init devices? This is a feature (or is it a quirk) of the uart(4) 
> > driver that catches many people out. Setting options on the base device 
> > is normally a no-op.
> > 
> > For example, if the remote device on /dev/cuau2 operates at 115200 bps 
> > with hardware handshaking, try:
> > 
> > stty -f /dev/cuau2.init speed 115200 crtscts
> 
> Interestingly, it -is- a no-op on the device, which I hadn't noticed.
> But trying to set it on the .init fails:
> 
>   # stty -f /dev/cuau2.init speed 115200
>   stty: /dev/cuau2.init isn't a terminal crtscts
>   # 
> 
>  
> > One frustrating aspect of adding puc(4) support for many devices is that 
> > you can't be certain of the clock rate multiplier - the same device can 
> > crop up on a different manufacturer's board with a different multiplier. 
> > This problem doesn't occur with the OXPCIe95x devices as they derive 
> > their 62.5MHz UART clock from the PCI Express clock. Consequently, the 
> > problem can't be that your board inadvertently operating the UARTs at 
> > the wrong speed.
> > 
> > 
> > >I suspect (?) that it may not be recognized as the proper card. Boot
> > >and pciconf messages are:
> > >
> > >puc0:  mem 
> > >0xf9dfc000-0xf9df,0xfa00-0xfa1f,0xf9e0-0xf9ff irq 
> > >30 at device 0.0 on pci4
> > 
> > That is correct. Are there any more lines afterwards - especially one 
> > giving the number of UARTs detected? That line is crucial, as, on these 
> > chips, the number of UARTs has to be read from configuration space 
> > because you can slave two chips together.
> > 
> > My OXPCIe954 board is recognised thus (FreeBSD 8.2 amd64):
> > 
> > puc0:  mem 
> > 0xd5efc000-0xd5ef,0xd5c0-0xd5df,0xd5a0-0xd5bf irq 18 
> > at device 0.0 on pci8
> > puc0: 4 UARTs detected
> > puc0: [FILTER]
> > uart2: <16950 or compatible> on puc0
> > uart2: [FILTER]
> > uart3: <16950 or compatible> on puc0
> > uart3: [FILTER]
> > uart4: <16950 or compatible> on puc0
> > uart4: [FILTER]
> > uart5: <16950 or compatible> on puc0
> > uart5: [FILTER]
> 
> puc0:  mem 
> 0xf9dfc000-0xf9df,0xfa00-0xfa1f,0xf9e0-0xf9ff irq 30 at 
> device 0.0 on pci4
> puc0: 2 UARTs detected
> uart2: <16950 or compatible> at port 1 on puc0
> uart3: <16950 or compatible> at port 2 on puc0
> 
>  
> > >puc0@pci0:4:0:0:class=0x070002 card=0xc1581415 chip=0xc1581415 
> > >rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
> > >   vendor = 'Oxford Semiconductor Ltd'
> > >   class  = simple comms
> > >   subclass   = UART
> > >   bar   [10] = type Memory, range 32, base 0xf9dfc000, size 16384, enabled
> > >   bar   [14] 

Re: Serial multiport error Oxford/Startech PEX2S952

2011-08-22 Thread David Wood

Hi Greg,

In message <20110822083336.gi92...@core.byshenk.net>, Greg Byshenk 
 writes

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:20:33AM +0200, Greg Byshenk wrote:
puc0:  mem 
0xf9dfc000-0xf9df,0xfa00-0xfa1f,0xf9e0-0xf9ff irq 
30 at device 0.0 on pci4

puc0: 2 UARTs detected
uart2: <16950 or compatible> at port 1 on puc0
uart3: <16950 or compatible> at port 2 on puc0


This indicates that the puc(4) code is working correctly - it recognises 
the board, reads via one of the BARs to confirm there are two UARTs, 
initialises both UARTs to 16950 mode, then hands off these ports to 
uart(4).



I'll follow up tomorrow. Thanks.


Following up:

It appears that indeed, the "options COM_MULTIPORT" is unnecessary
for 9-BETA; I've rebuilt the kernel without it, and the card is
still recognized, along with the ports.


That's what I expected. The only line needed is "device puc". I have no 
idea why this can't be included in GENERIC, especially as puc(4) doesn't 
work as a module (no drivers are attached to the ports on the puc 
board).




But all it not as it should be. I still can't set the speed on the
card.


 # stty -f /dev/cuau2.init speed 115200 crtscts
 stty: /dev/cuau2.init isn't a terminal
 #


And setting speed on the device itself remains a no-op:

  # stty -f /dev/cuau2 speed 115200 crtscts
  9600
  #

That said, the card -does- seem to work, at least at some level.
With the speed issue pointed out, I set the connection on the
other end to 9600, and then it works. But I'd really like it to
be faster than that (it's just a serial console, so we could
probably live with 9600, though we wouldn't like it).

If there is reason to think that this could be a 9.x issue,
then I could try going to 8.x.


My earlier instructions omitted mention of the lock, which is really 
needed if you want to force a particular speed



On 8.2:

[root@manganese ~]# PORT='/dev/cuau5' ; OPTIONS='speed 115200 crtscts' ; 
stty -f ${PORT}.lock 0 ; stty -f ${PORT}.init ${OPTIONS} > /dev/null ; 
stty -f ${PORT}.lock 1 ; stty -f ${PORT}

speed 115200 baud;
lflags: echoe echoke echoctl
oflags: tab0
cflags: cs8 -parenb crtscts
[root@manganese ~]# cu -l cuau5
Connected
ATI4
U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT Settings...

   B0  E1  F1  L2  M1  Q0  V1  X4  Y1
   SPEED=115200  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8
   DIAL=TONEOFF LINE   CID=1

   &A3  &B1  &C1  &D2  &H2  &I2  &K1
   &M4  &N0  &R1  &S0  &T5  &U0  &Y1

   S00=000  S01=000  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=004
   S07=060  S08=002  S09=006  S10=014  S11=072  S12=050  S13=000
   S15=000  S16=000  S18=000  S19=000  S21=010  S22=017  S23=019
   S25=005  S27=001  S28=008  S29=020  S30=000  S31=128  S32=002
   S33=000  S34=000  S35=000  S36=014  S38=000  S39=012  S40=000
   S41=004  S42=000

   LAST DIALLED #:

OK
~
[EOT]
[root@manganese ~]# PORT='/dev/cuau5' ; OPTIONS='speed 38400 crtscts' ; 
stty -f ${PORT}.lock 0 ; stty -f ${PORT}.init ${OPTIONS} > /dev/null ; 
stty -f ${PORT}.lock 1 ; stty -f ${PORT}

speed 38400 baud;
lflags: echoe echoke echoctl
oflags: tab0
cflags: cs8 -parenb crtscts
[root@manganese ~]# cu -l cuau5
Connected
ATI4
U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT Settings...

   B0  E1  F1  L2  M1  Q0  V1  X4  Y1
   SPEED=38400  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8
   DIAL=TONEOFF LINE   CID=1

   &A3  &B1  &C1  &D2  &H2  &I2  &K1
   &M4  &N0  &R1  &S0  &T5  &U0  &Y1

   S00=000  S01=000  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=004
   S07=060  S08=002  S09=006  S10=014  S11=072  S12=050  S13=000
   S15=000  S16=000  S18=000  S19=000  S21=010  S22=017  S23=019
   S25=005  S27=001  S28=008  S29=020  S30=000  S31=128  S32=002
   S33=000  S34=000  S35=000  S36=014  S38=000  S39=012  S40=000
   S41=004  S42=000

   LAST DIALLED #:

OK
~
[EOT]


This is one of my OXPCIe954 ports - the modem on that port identifies 
the speed it is being talked to in the ATI4 output.


If this is a 9.x issue, it seems more likely to be in the uart(4) code - 
though I haven't been following development. If you are getting nowhere 
with 9.x, can you try with 8.x? stable/8 might be the best choice, as 
the necessary pucdata.c changes postdates 8.2-RELEASE. That said, I 
patch 8.2-RELEASE on my machine, choosing to keep things conservative.



I look forward to your feedback.


With best wishes,



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Re: Serial multiport error Oxford/Startech PEX2S952

2011-08-22 Thread Greg Byshenk
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:23:14AM +0100, David Wood wrote:
 
> In message <20110822083336.gi92...@core.byshenk.net>, Greg Byshenk 
>  writes
> >On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 12:20:33AM +0200, Greg Byshenk wrote:
> >>puc0:  mem 
> >>0xf9dfc000-0xf9df,0xfa00-0xfa1f,0xf9e0-0xf9ff irq 
> >>30 at device 0.0 on pci4
> >>puc0: 2 UARTs detected
> >>uart2: <16950 or compatible> at port 1 on puc0
> >>uart3: <16950 or compatible> at port 2 on puc0
> 
> This indicates that the puc(4) code is working correctly - it recognises 
> the board, reads via one of the BARs to confirm there are two UARTs, 
> initialises both UARTs to 16950 mode, then hands off these ports to 
> uart(4).
> 
> >>I'll follow up tomorrow. Thanks.
> >
> >Following up:
> >
> >It appears that indeed, the "options COM_MULTIPORT" is unnecessary
> >for 9-BETA; I've rebuilt the kernel without it, and the card is
> >still recognized, along with the ports.
> 
> That's what I expected. The only line needed is "device puc". I have no 
> idea why this can't be included in GENERIC, especially as puc(4) doesn't 
> work as a module (no drivers are attached to the ports on the puc 
> board).
> 
> 
> >But all it not as it should be. I still can't set the speed on the
> >card.
> >
> >> # stty -f /dev/cuau2.init speed 115200 crtscts
> >> stty: /dev/cuau2.init isn't a terminal
> >> #
> >
> >And setting speed on the device itself remains a no-op:
> >
> >  # stty -f /dev/cuau2 speed 115200 crtscts
> >  9600
> >  #
> >
> >That said, the card -does- seem to work, at least at some level.
> >With the speed issue pointed out, I set the connection on the
> >other end to 9600, and then it works. But I'd really like it to
> >be faster than that (it's just a serial console, so we could
> >probably live with 9600, though we wouldn't like it).
> >
> >If there is reason to think that this could be a 9.x issue,
> >then I could try going to 8.x.
> 
> My earlier instructions omitted mention of the lock, which is really 
> needed if you want to force a particular speed
> 
> 
> On 8.2:
> 
> [root@manganese ~]# PORT='/dev/cuau5' ; OPTIONS='speed 115200 crtscts' ; 
> stty -f ${PORT}.lock 0 ; stty -f ${PORT}.init ${OPTIONS} > /dev/null ; 
> stty -f ${PORT}.lock 1 ; stty -f ${PORT}
> speed 115200 baud;
> lflags: echoe echoke echoctl
> oflags: tab0
> cflags: cs8 -parenb crtscts
> [root@manganese ~]# cu -l cuau5
> Connected
> ATI4
> U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT Settings...
> 
>B0  E1  F1  L2  M1  Q0  V1  X4  Y1
>SPEED=115200  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8
>DIAL=TONEOFF LINE   CID=1
> 
>&A3  &B1  &C1  &D2  &H2  &I2  &K1
>&M4  &N0  &R1  &S0  &T5  &U0  &Y1
> 
>S00=000  S01=000  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=004
>S07=060  S08=002  S09=006  S10=014  S11=072  S12=050  S13=000
>S15=000  S16=000  S18=000  S19=000  S21=010  S22=017  S23=019
>S25=005  S27=001  S28=008  S29=020  S30=000  S31=128  S32=002
>S33=000  S34=000  S35=000  S36=014  S38=000  S39=012  S40=000
>S41=004  S42=000
> 
>LAST DIALLED #:
> 
> OK
> ~
> [EOT]
> [root@manganese ~]# PORT='/dev/cuau5' ; OPTIONS='speed 38400 crtscts' ; 
> stty -f ${PORT}.lock 0 ; stty -f ${PORT}.init ${OPTIONS} > /dev/null ; 
> stty -f ${PORT}.lock 1 ; stty -f ${PORT}
> speed 38400 baud;
> lflags: echoe echoke echoctl
> oflags: tab0
> cflags: cs8 -parenb crtscts
> [root@manganese ~]# cu -l cuau5
> Connected
> ATI4
> U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT Settings...
> 
>B0  E1  F1  L2  M1  Q0  V1  X4  Y1
>SPEED=38400  PARITY=N  WORDLEN=8
>DIAL=TONEOFF LINE   CID=1
> 
>&A3  &B1  &C1  &D2  &H2  &I2  &K1
>&M4  &N0  &R1  &S0  &T5  &U0  &Y1
> 
>S00=000  S01=000  S02=043  S03=013  S04=010  S05=008  S06=004
>S07=060  S08=002  S09=006  S10=014  S11=072  S12=050  S13=000
>S15=000  S16=000  S18=000  S19=000  S21=010  S22=017  S23=019
>S25=005  S27=001  S28=008  S29=020  S30=000  S31=128  S32=002
>S33=000  S34=000  S35=000  S36=014  S38=000  S39=012  S40=000
>S41=004  S42=000
> 
>LAST DIALLED #:
> 
> OK
> ~
> [EOT]
> 
> 
> This is one of my OXPCIe954 ports - the modem on that port identifies 
> the speed it is being talked to in the ATI4 output.
> 
> If this is a 9.x issue, it seems more likely to be in the uart(4) code - 
> though I haven't been following development. If you are getting nowhere 
> with 9.x, can you try with 8.x? stable/8 might be the best choice, as 
> the necessary pucdata.c changes postdates 8.2-RELEASE. That said, I 
> patch 8.2-RELEASE on my machine, choosing to keep things conservative.
> 
> I look forward to your feedback.

It doesn't seem to matter; both cuau?.lock and cuau?.init produce the
error (for both ports), and cuau? itself remains a no-op.

Now that I can see that the card is working (at least minimally), it
begins to look as if there might be a problem somewhere in 9.x. I'll
try to install 8.x and see if the results are different.

I'll followup again when I have something to report.


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Re: Serial multiport error Oxford/Startech PEX2S952

2011-08-22 Thread David Wood

Dear Greg,

In message <20110822094756.gj92...@core.byshenk.net>, Greg Byshenk 
 writes

It doesn't seem to matter; both cuau?.lock and cuau?.init produce the
error (for both ports), and cuau? itself remains a no-op.


You could try
hint.uart.2.baud="115200"

in /boot/device.hints - making the relevant changes to port number and 
speed according to your needs.




Now that I can see that the card is working (at least minimally), it
begins to look as if there might be a problem somewhere in 9.x. I'll
try to install 8.x and see if the results are different.


It will be interesting to see if there is a difference between 8.x and 
9.x.




I'll followup again when I have something to report.


I look forward to further feedback.


With best wishes,




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Re: WD Advanced Format: do I need to do something special?

2011-08-22 Thread Ivan Voras

On 18/08/2011 11:55, Yuri wrote:

On 08/18/2011 02:17, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:

The below advice still applies. Do not skim the page, read it.

http://ivoras.net/blog/tree/2011-01-01.freebsd-on-4k-sector-drives.html

You will therefore have to go through some manual rigmarole (preferably
with gpart(8)) to ensure performance. If you plan on using the disks in
ZFS, you get to go through some extra rigmarole.


I didn't know about such extra actions that are required and just
created ZFS pool.
zdb -C  shows ashift as 9. I read it as meaning that sector size
if 512bytes (wrong!).

But I tested the 25GB file writing/reading speed on the middle tracks
and it seems reasonable:
WR 55MB/s
RD 107MB/s

So can I get even better speeds if it was aware of 4k sector?


Yes, read and write speeds on modern drives should be almost equal.

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Re: WD Advanced Format: do I need to do something special?

2011-08-22 Thread Ivan Voras

On 19/08/2011 03:28, Yuri wrote:

Following instructions here
(http://ivoras.net/blog/tree/2011-01-01.freebsd-on-4k-sector-drives.html) I
destroyed my previous ZFS pool with 512 byte sectors and did this:
gnop create -S 4096 /dev/ad4
zpool create mypool /dev/ad4.nop
zpol create mypool/mydir
zpool export mypool
gnop destroy /dev/ad4.nop
zpool import mypool

Now this command 'zdb -C data | grep ashift' shows ashift=12 (4096 byte
sectors).

However, when I begin to copy a lot of files files into /mypool/mydir
online radio player gets severely affected. Sound get interrupted all
the time. Itrettuptions stop after 1-2 secs after I stop copying.
This didn't happen with sector size 512 bytes.

What is wrong?


Which version of FreeBSD are you doing this on?

Do you have any non-default tuning?

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Re: 32GB limit per swap device?

2011-08-22 Thread Peter Jeremy
On 2011-Aug-18 12:16:44 +0400, "Alexander V. Chernikov"  
wrote:
>The code should look like this:
...
>(move pages recalculation before b-list check)

I notice a very similar patch has been applied to -current as r225076.

For the archives, I've done some testing with this patch on a Sun V890
with 64GB RAM and two 64GB swap partitions.  Prior to this patch, each
swap partition was truncated to 32GB.  With this patch, I have 128GB
swap.  I've tried filling the swap space to over 80GB and I am not
seeing any corruption (allocate lots of memory and fill with a known
pseudo-random pattern and then verify).

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Re: 32GB limit per swap device?

2011-08-22 Thread Matthew Dillon
The limitation was ONLY due to a *minor* 32-bit integer overflow in one
or two *intermediate* calculations in the radix tree code, which I
long ago fixed in DragonFly.

Just find the changes in the DFly codebase and determine if they need
to be applied.

The swap space radix code (which I wrote long ago) is in page-sized
blocks, so you actually probably want to keep using a 32-bit integer for
the block number there to keep the physical memory reservation required
for the radix tree low.  If you just pop the base block id up to 64 bits
without adjusting the radix code to overlay a 64 bit bitmap on it you
waste a lot of physical memory for the same amount of swap reservation.
This is NOT where the limitation lies.  It was strictly an intermediate
calculation that caused the original limitation.

With 32 bit block numbers stored in the radix tree nodes in the swap
code the physical limitation is something like 1 to 4 TB of total swap.
I forget exactly but it is at least 1TB.  I've tested 1TB swap partitions
on DragonFly with just the minor fixes to the original radix tree code.

--

Also note that I believe FreeBSD has done away with the interleaved swap.
I'm not sure why, I guess geom can interleave the swap for you but I've
always thought that it would be easier to just specify and add the
partitions separately so one has the flexibility to swapon and swapoff
the individual partitions on a live system.  Interleaving is important
because you get an almost perfect performance multiplier.  You don't
want to just append the swap partitions after each other.

--

One last thing:  The amount of wired physical memory required is still
on the order of ~1MB per ~1GB of swap.  A 32-bit kernel is thus still
limited by available KVM, effectively limiting you to around ~32G of
swap depending on various factors if you do not want to run the system
out of KVM.  I've run upwards of 128G of swap on 32-bit systems but it
really pushed the KVM use and I would not recommend it.

A 64-bit kernel is *NOT* limited by KVM.  Swap is effectively limited to
~1TB or ~2TB using the original radix code with the one or two intermediate
overflow fixes applied.  The daddr_t in the original radix code can remain
32-bits (in DragonFly I typedef'd another name so I could explicitly make
it 32-bits regardless of daddr_t).

Large amounts of swap space are becoming important as things like tmpfs
(and swapcache in DragonFly as well) can really make use of it.  Swap
performance (the ability to interleave the swap space) is also important
for the same reason.  Interleaved swap on two SATA-III SSDs is just
insane... gives you something like 800MB/sec of aggregate read bandwidth.

-Matt

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