Re: gptzfsboot error using HP Smart Array P410i Controller

John,=20

Unfortunately not, as we is still need 4 additional instructions or some =
sort of memory=20
barrier [ like mb() in Tru64 :) ] .

Regards,

Christoph

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Christoph Hoffmann

On Aug 18, 2011, at 7:10 PM, John Baldwin wrote:

> On Thursday, August 18, 2011 12:30:24 pm Christoph Hoffmann wrote:
>> Hello John,
>>=20
>> Thank you very much indeed for the hints.
>>=20
>> I am under the impression that we are facing a problem with =
synchronisation=20
>> of CPU local caches. I also wasn't able to find any problem with =
memory=20
>> allocation.
>>=20
>> This box is equipped with:
>>=20
>> 1 Processor(s) detected, 4 total cores enabled, Hyperthreading is =
enabled      =20
>> Proc 1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5630 @ 2.53GHz                          =
         =20
>> QPI Speed: 5.8 GT/s                                                   =
         =20
>>=20
>> Changing the order of execution in zfsboot.c main() function to
>>=20
>> [=85]
>> int
>> main(void)
>> {
>> [=85]
>>    bios_getmem();
>>=20
>>    if (high_heap_size > 0) {
>> [=85]
>>    bootinfo.bi_version =3D BOOTINFO_VERSION;
>>    bootinfo.bi_size =3D sizeof(bootinfo);
>>    bootinfo.bi_basemem =3D bios_basemem / 1024;
>>    bootinfo.bi_extmem =3D bios_extmem / 1024;
>>    bootinfo.bi_memsizes_valid++;
>> /*  bootinfo.bi_bios_dev =3D dsk->drive; */
>>    bootinfo.bi_bios_dev =3D *(uint8_t *)PTOV(ARGS);
>=20
> What if you leave the order as-is but just change this one line to use=20=

> PTOV(ARGS) directly here instead of 'dsk->drive'?
>=20
> --=20
> John Baldwin
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