From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Thu Nov 12 22:44:45 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 1C8B0A2E0D3 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:44:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen.mcconnell@avagotech.com) Received: from mail-pa0-x230.google.com (mail-pa0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::230]) (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 DC58D1592 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:44:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stephen.mcconnell@avagotech.com) Received: by pacdm15 with SMTP id dm15so78231712pac.3 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:44:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=avagotech.com; s=google; h=from:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:thread-index:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=w34Rf6b4AvnkbjSTSJf75efWCqbsydH5TvJ8zMN/JeA=; b=fyhHPHLjwHOcMIYi1eVXY9XCwNdP9Vc4Z3Zsckd/HAdMnLHhriOOo8Fxf6Y+kRdGsK /hDl4WI1jE2wP9acG4fism6Wg/BcOAeqDiNIEi+qUFQTzNTnJnZKSoEPqgwc0+pFLbNI cEAHXMh3glzCsXfvGpBuyJZDRTpEgzhJWozDo= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :thread-index:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=w34Rf6b4AvnkbjSTSJf75efWCqbsydH5TvJ8zMN/JeA=; b=PItZRA6g3cyFW/MPKHQOk6pZFyvVcB6zJxMX6dSdXVOvevVLUkhrm6CK1MXWOUzs6N 4Ju3vpUEgFOCFP4EPpwd58TAMp+VNpBJ7TVF45DzEuGDcEkPdK9ptew64Knyc9ZALg93 x12paacqzSsYoomb3Tu5boyRMg5zbv7WEPpeip4Fjza24F8MU11X2DE2q/xMcDYc7kfN vJQkcMgmMMn7Icctn1n8y8e3sf7ey4OBhFli3UMmQa0rAxHkKwM7SgTQxQEEvBWMe1M0 ypvvtMkvjR1zUCyX+vu2HpUdv9IySPkdCqS4S+I7Wd/tdYGfvQwqk8RQYC8lC3+9c4kB GrHA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmywdobPu6IwsjhVKb9GFv3Yt+JPGbjKXBMvM2MfS4QjhFX/YX5fl7Iq1ihXP/e6drb3UY7 X-Received: by 10.66.122.39 with SMTP id lp7mr26926316pab.74.1447368284208; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:44:44 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Mcconnell References: <5644FF09.9090200@free.de> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQFhXRusR+GdddNzZ8oSjZyIsh0UKQMSh1vDn1/lOpA= Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 15:44:43 -0700 Message-ID: <5909ac9df17bd324c5068f97ae5918dc@mail.gmail.com> Subject: RE: LSI SAS2008 mps driver preferred firmware version To: Royce Williams , 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 22:44:45 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > scsi@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Royce Williams > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 3:21 PM > To: Kai Gallasch > Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org; freebsd-stable > Subject: Re: LSI SAS2008 mps driver preferred firmware version > > Firmware should match driver, e.g.: > > mps0: Firmware: 19.00.00.00, Driver: 19.00.00.00-fbs I've never heard of any problems when these are mismatched, so I'm not sure why FreeNAS would complain. Anyway, you should use the latest of both in my opinion. The latest FW on the avagotech website is 20.00.04.00. I have heard that some FreeBSD users have had some problems with the PH19 FW. Steve McConnell > > > 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.. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"