On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 10:27:49AM +0100, Alex Buell wrote: > Could somebody please point me at documentation for the /dev/etherd/err?
That character device is a debugging tool for the aoe driver developers, and although the meaning of the messages in it has stayed relatively stable, their significance has not. Now that there is debugfs, it would be nice if that file could eventually go away, since it was never intended to be a user-level feature. The code in aoechr.c that supports /dev/etherd/err is substantial and tricky enough for me to be repeatedly called on to justify it on the Linux Kernel Mailing List. In any case, please keep in mind that retransmits are not necessarily bad. ... > retransmit e321.3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] newtag=001ae907 This line means that an AoE command to e321.3 with tag 0017e86a had to be retransmitted when the retransmit timer ran at jiffies 102aae907. The tag for the retransmit is 001ae907. ... > unexpected rsp e321.3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] When a response arrives that is not associated with any outstanding command, it usually means that a command was retransmitted just before the response came in. As the driver tunes in on the right amount of time to wait, this happens sometimes. -- Ed Cashin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Aoetools-discuss mailing list Aoetools-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/aoetools-discuss
