From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 12 07:12:12 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFFE916A41F; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:12:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (gate.funkthat.com [69.17.45.168]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59A7143D45; Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:12:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: from hydrogen.funkthat.com (localhost.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jAC7Ar4P089878; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:10:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@hydrogen.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by hydrogen.funkthat.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id jAC7Ap4H089877; Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:10:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:10:51 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Ade Lovett Message-ID: <20051112071051.GI775@funkthat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Ade Lovett , Amit Rao , stable@FreeBSD.org References: <43734B59.7090609@yahoo.com.br> <12EFECDE-A63D-42A0-AD3C-575B8FE5113B@FreeBSD.org> <43750454.1010709@despammed.com> <9A03FF42-675B-42AB-8B42-75B7DA1CC46A@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9A03FF42-675B-42AB-8B42-75B7DA1CC46A@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 EC EF F8 AE ED A7 31 96 7A 22 B3 D8 56 36 F4 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org, Amit Rao Subject: Re: ahd0: Invalid Sequencer interrupt occurred. X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:12:12 -0000 Ade Lovett wrote this message on Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 22:57 -0800: > On Nov 11, 2005, at 12:51 , Amit Rao wrote: > >0) Upgrade to Seagate 10K.7 drive firmware level 0008. That seems > >to help. One "ahd sequencer error" message still appears at boot, > >but after that it seems to work (with your fingers crossed). > > Of course, you then spend far too much time ensuring that any > replacement drives are flashed appropriately (which, afaict, > *requires* Windows to do), and also running the gauntlet of further > problems down the road when you throw the drives into a new machine > with a subtly different HBA bios. obviously you haven't done any research or even talked with Seagate about this issue... Seagate has a Linux version of their Seagate Enterprise Utility that allows you to flash their drives... /me having had issues with the drives and successfully flashed drives w/o using Windows. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."