System hangs during heavy sequential write to mfi device

[Ireneusz Pluta]

John Baldwin pisze:
> On Monday 28 June 2010 12:00:06 pm Ireneusz Pluta wrote:
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>> John Baldwin pisze:
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>>> On Friday 25 June 2010 4:59:57 pm Ireneusz Pluta wrote:
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>>>> John Baldwin pisze:
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>>>>> Hmmm.  You might have a hardware issue.  OTOH, you can try seeing if you 
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> have 
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>>>>> a BIOS option to disable PCIE error logging.
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>>>> is it one of them?:
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>>>> Assert NMI on SERR
>>>> Assert NMI on PERR
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>>>> (pdf page 109 of: -> 
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> http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/s5520hc/sb/e39529013_s5520hc_s5500hcv_s5520hct_tps_r1_9.pdf)
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>>> Well, that will turn off the NMIs.  Not sure if it will affect the event
>>> logging, but it is worth a shot.
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>> Per BIOS setup documentation:
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>> 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.
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>> and:
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>> 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.
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>> However, disabling them did not change anything.
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> Is it still logging errors and sending NMIs with them disabled?
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with the options I mentioned disabled. They do not have to be the only 
sources of NMIs, do they?