From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 30 02:02:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E90F106566C for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:02:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aboyer@averesystems.com) Received: from zimbra.averesystems.com (75-149-8-245-Pennsylvania.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [75.149.8.245]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 323238FC12 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:02:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.averesystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B76B08BC021; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:44:36 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at averesystems.com Received: from zimbra.averesystems.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.averesystems.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id msIL0LZlwrnz; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:44:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.4.3] (c-24-131-84-46.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [24.131.84.46]) by zimbra.averesystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5F00A8BC01F; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:44:35 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Andrew Boyer In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:45:58 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <167E8D26-8087-44A9-9C70-52BA7E812D99@averesystems.com> References: To: Lisandro Grullon X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi(4) errors on LSI MegaRAID SAS driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:02:12 -0000 On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Lisandro Grullon wrote: > Dear Daemons, > I have been configuring a box for the past few days with a LSI = controller, > specifically MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e. I have been getting some strange > notifications/warnings under my /var/log/messages from mfi. I tried > contacting scott who appears to be the maintainer of the driver but = never > heard back, probably my mail ended in his junk box. Anyways, hoping = someone > here can tell me what this is about. Bellow are the = notifications/warnings I > am getting. >=20 > Jan 22 17:23:51 plato kernel: mfi0: 2595 (349032232s/0x0001/info) - VD > 00/0 power policy changed to [ID=3D00,dps=3D0, cps=3D6] (from > ... Your adapter is attempting to power down idle drives. If you want to = get rid of them (I've seen FreeBSD get very unhappy when you get too = many transitions like this), go into the LSI WebBIOS (Ctl-H at boot), go = to the adapter properties screen, and disable drive powersave mode. The = exact name of the property seems to vary from firmware to firmware. -Andrew -------------------------------------------------- Andrew Boyer aboyer@averesystems.com