From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 18 16:02:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE675106564A for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:02:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DD4C8FC12 for ; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:02:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.3.0.26] ([141.4.215.32]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MBq6h-1SRvKY0BGR-009wfU; Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:02:09 +0200 Message-ID: <4F8EE580.6080907@brockmann-consult.de> Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:02:08 +0200 From: Peter Maloney User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120312 Thunderbird/11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <4F192ADA.5020903@brockmann-consult.de> <20120120090915.GA90876@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20120120090915.GA90876@icarus.home.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:X2pVQZsPw+jC91I6QUr828iGKweM+XIxgZFe3nY4pBO hkGQntFi2i9gSd7J3hSmTahfVD+FHQIHvZQeXOZoZfayNRFDKj wVNOk2o8uBPbcVf2dj4I57/tvURlRq+4jO5JP6DDcHx1dnlbKT Syfk/A9Rz4PwxeaRvsaxT60iBJJo2QyHpgsfJ69oZ0RUQ23jLT PTR9MfiRtFzVSeQq/QNfexm0upstVHAvBbmjJZGXTq/Y6mKY3e FohZlvwvekH/iludIRH0lGeOG2wkxMgU2kIk+InwQW3Y4GqORf Ip4fLLCigCko2pSc9Js2lNUiu9TOiXIZH0OfALd5qnlAJVeICY 7JBiz/6x0tdYlN9LHWOR9MG92YTMX6bjhglAqh8FA Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sanity check: is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one" X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:02:10 -0000 Some info for whoever might be interested: This web site does not have the new firmware that works on SAS expanders (instead has 0309): http://www.crucial.com/support/crucialfirmware.aspx But this one does (version 000F): > Hello Peter, > > Thanks for your email. > > We released the firmware on the 11th of this month. The version you should download is 000F. > > You will find this firmware upgrade by following the link below: > > http://www.crucial.com/uk/support/firmware.aspx On 01/20/2012 10:09 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 09:50:34AM +0100, Peter Maloney wrote: >> John, >> >> Various people have problems with mps and ZFS. >> >> I am using 8-STABLE from October 2011, and on the 9211-8i HBA, I am >> using 9 IT firmware. In my case, it was the firmware on an SSD that >> caused problems. >> Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 firmware 0001 > My below comment is unrelated to mps driver bugs and so on, but: > > Owners of Crucial m4 SSDs need to be aware of this catastrophic problem > with the drives: Crucial m4 SSDs begin to fail (data loss) starting at > the 5200 power-on-hours count. Apparently the problem is triggered by > some sort of SMART-related ordeal as well (I have no details). This is > a firmware bug and has been confirmed by Crucial. > > A firmware fix just came out a few days ago for the problem. Here's the > URL where I was made aware of this problem (note the trailing hyphen > please): > > http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26745697- > > And media confirmations: > > http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/17/2713178/crucial-m4-ssd-firmware-update-fixes-recurring-bsod > http://www.anandtech.com/show/5308/crucial-to-fix-m4-bsod-issue-in-two-weeks > http://www.anandtech.com/show/5424/crucial-provides-a-firmware-update-for-m4-to-fix-the-bsod-issue > > I've now added Crucial to my SSD brands to avoid (currently OCZ and > Crucial). Welcome to year 20xx, where nobody actually does quality > assurance properly. > -- -------------------------------------------- Peter Maloney Brockmann Consult Max-Planck-Str. 2 21502 Geesthacht Germany Tel: +49 4152 889 300 Fax: +49 4152 889 333 E-mail: peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de Internet: http://www.brockmann-consult.de --------------------------------------------