System hangs during heavy sequential write to mfi device

[John Baldwin]

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?

-- 
John Baldwin