From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Thu Nov 12 22:21:08 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AF7BA2DAB2; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:21:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from royce.williams@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x22d.google.com (mail-ob0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56B3B1877; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:21:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from royce.williams@gmail.com) Received: by obdgf3 with SMTP id gf3so59597805obd.3; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:21:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=wg17oq4CH1xC1OPj/3lTDnUnrRTBWmL16qO4NHPGBSE=; b=QvjC8kUBmkGVEgpLoz8L/1cL9OkClwgLzwm3Sz4FQCCiYNOD4P+ZCJRzm3bSXI729e OIcIYyWu8NlTgfjV0orHb4vyIgEiGlFblBNjsm6D1yL7fgxPYp+9NJSLjS9hbPiQz6kJ Wzo6LWpMtwtKU2ZyYtWeYyIRu3/EjVVsKFyVZ7Pl78dDoniGHjbWDCWqECU9yoqHAhWc Z3qZ71+qmkJKAfmyHvfUZxxum4Q4/8t39MAoMfcayRvlNmKZwrlx86Qy1qPTvX4NHvR2 yCDxjYgivatj0t1GiRGfPm5qiZ0ET2rNGMMFjBbNHOjaKuYpVRfZ5ND4iO3ocX7hLaIb k88A== X-Received: by 10.60.92.169 with SMTP id cn9mr10431607oeb.28.1447366867583; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:21:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: royce.williams@gmail.com Received: by 10.202.81.85 with HTTP; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:20:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5644FF09.9090200@free.de> References: <5644FF09.9090200@free.de> From: Royce Williams Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:20:38 -0900 X-Google-Sender-Auth: -TDNx3DU4tJ54Xc26XnX7qRBRSU Message-ID: Subject: Re: LSI SAS2008 mps driver preferred firmware version To: Kai Gallasch Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:21:08 -0000 Firmware should match driver, e.g.: mps0: Firmware: 19.00.00.00, Driver: 19.00.00.00-fbs Some of this may help -- not yet updated for 10.2, but may still be useful: http://roycebits.blogspot.com/2015/01/freebsd-lsi-sas9211-8i-hba-firmware.html Royce On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Kai Gallasch wrote: > > Hi. > > I'm currently building a new ZFS based FreeBSD 10.2 server with a > SAS/SATA HBA SAS9211-8i. > > Is there a preferred or recommended firmware version for Fusion-MPT > SAS-2 2008 chipset based LSI cards like the SAS9211-8i? MPS(4) does not > give any information about this. > > The current version of my SAS9211-8i is: > v7.05.05.00 (2010.05.19), BIOS > 5.00.17.00-IR, FW > > > IR vs. IT firmware: > > Are there any advantages replacing the -IR (integrated raid) firmware on > the LSI controller with an -IT (target mode) version, if the RAID > functionality of the HBA is not used at all? > > There were some claims that running the -IR version in a ZFS JBOD setup > would result in a small performance penalty compared to -IT and that > there was a risk that a controller running the -IR firmware version > could potentially damage ZFS data on a disk by putting RAID metadata > somewhere on the drive, even if not using the RAID feature of the card! > > I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this. > > Regards, > Kai. > > -- > PGP-KeyID = 0x70654D7C4FB1F588 > One day a lemming will fly.. > > >