From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Thu Jan 16 14:52:47 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FFB21EA96A for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:52:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pen@lysator.liu.se) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (mail.lysator.liu.se [IPv6:2001:6b0:17:f0a0::3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 47z6cX4yHxz46rp for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:52:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pen@lysator.liu.se) Received: from mail.lysator.liu.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C4B040010 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:52:39 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 5E8B64000B; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:52:39 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on bernadotte.lysator.liu.se X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 Received: from [IPv6:2001:6b0:17:f002:4919:59f:3ad4:46d4] (unknown [IPv6:2001:6b0:17:f002:4919:59f:3ad4:46d4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.lysator.liu.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B9EAD40009; Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:52:38 +0100 (CET) From: Peter Eriksson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.0 \(3608.40.2.2.4\)) Subject: Re: Dell EMC Boss on R7425 Message-Id: Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 15:52:38 +0100 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org To: pathiaki2@yahoo.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.40.2.2.4) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 47z6cX4yHxz46rp X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=liu.se; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of pen@lysator.liu.se designates 2001:6b0:17:f0a0::3 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=pen@lysator.liu.se X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.96 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FAKE_REPLY(1.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:mail.lysator.liu.se]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[3.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.a.0.f.7.1.0.0.0.b.6.0.1.0.0.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.11.0]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[liu.se,none]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[yahoo.com]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1653, ipnet:2001:6b0::/32, country:EU]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-1.66)[ip: (-6.55), ipnet: 2001:6b0::/32(-0.96), asn: 1653(-0.76), country: EU(-0.01)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:52:47 -0000 Hi! On Fri Jul 19 11:55:43 UTC 2019 you wrote about problems with FreeBSD = 11.3 and the Dell EMC BOSS-S1 controller on the Freebsd-Hardware mailing = list: > I'm trying to see the NVME m.2 drives that are on a Dell R7425. The = UEFI/BIOS sees the controller and the M.2 drives on it. The controller = is BOSS-S1 (??) >=20 > I'm on FreeNAS running 11.3 of FreeBSD. > I don't see the controller in dmesg, pciconf, or camcontrol. :( > Does anyone know what the issue is? Is there no driver? I read the = forums and it seems that this was addressed back in 2017. Regression? = Nothing in pciconf jumps out at me as being a disk controller.... = (please point it out if you see it....) Any other tools I can use to = find this thing? We=E2=80=99ve seen similar problems with FreeBSD not detecting it on our = Dell R740xd servers - but it seems to be firmware-related. With the original BOSS-S1 firmware (2.5.13-2008) it works. Also works = with -2009.=20 > # zpool status zroot > pool: zroot > state: ONLINE > scan: resilvered 967M in 0 days 00:00:15 with 0 errors on Thu Jan 16 = 14:41:21 2020 > config: >=20 > NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM > zroot ONLINE 0 0 0 > mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > ada0p4 ONLINE 0 0 0 > ada1p4 ONLINE 0 0 0 >=20 > errors: No known data errors > ahci2: port = 0x8028-0x802f,0x8034-0x8037,0x8020-0x8027,0x8030-0x8033,0x8000-0x801f = mem 0xb8800000-0xb88007ff at device 0.0 numa-domain 0 on pci9 > ahci2: AHCI v1.20 with 3 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported > ahci2: quirks=3D0x900 > ahcich14: at channel 0 on ahci2 > ahcich15: at channel 1 on ahci2 > ahcich16: at channel 2 on ahci2 > ada0 at ahcich14 bus 0 scbus17 target 0 lun 0 > ada1 at ahcich15 bus 0 scbus18 target 0 lun 0 However, with the latest firmware - 2.5.13-3022 - the boot block is = read, and then kernel is loaded but when ZFS is trying to mount the root = pool it can=E2=80=99t detect any disks and the domes output doesn=E2=80=99= t detect the disks. I=E2=80=99m currently in the (slow) process of trying to figure out at = what firmware level it stops working=E2=80=A6 - Peter