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Date:      Wed, 8 Feb 2012 03:39:08 +0400
From:      Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru>
To:        Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trouble with LSI SAS1078
Message-ID:  <20120207233908.GI84338@zxy.spb.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20120207231818.GA39861@alchemy.franken.de>
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On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 12:18:18AM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 02:03:25AM +0400, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 10:32:53PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, Feb 08, 2012 at 12:57:50AM +0400, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 09:42:55PM +0100, Marius Strobl wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > > > > I can test you patch at this machine (currently installed on USB HDD).
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Okay, could please give the following patch a try?
> > > > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~marius/mpt_sas1078.diff
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On first look its working!
> > > > > > Many strange messages in dmesg (Error 6, Unretryable error; Unexpected
> > > > > > Bus Free; etc). Delay on load driver (kern.cam.scsi_delay may be?).
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I can read first 100 secrors from da1 and da2.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Some delay of maybe 2-4 seconds when mpt(4) is attaching is normal.
> > > > 
> > > > No, delay is 12.40s.
> > > 
> > > Hrm, could you please change the SAS1078 part in mpt_hard_reset() of
> > > mpt.c to look like the following, i.e. add the printf()'s:
> > >         if (mpt->is_1078) {
> > >                 printf("%s: reg before=0x%x\n", __func__,
> > >                      mpt_read(mpt, MPT_OFFSET_RESET_1078));
> > >                 mpt_write(mpt, MPT_OFFSET_RESET_1078, 0x07);
> > >                 DELAY(1000);
> > >                 printf("%s: reg after=0x%x\n", __func__,
> > >                      mpt_read(mpt, MPT_OFFSET_RESET_1078));
> > >                 return;
> > >         }
> > > 
> > > and report the values printed during attach of mpt(4) with the above
> > > compiled in?
> > 
> > don't print anything. and i don't see 'hard reset' message in verbose boot.
> > 
> > > Okay, so apart from the lengthy delay during attach it looks good so
> > > far. Do you have any problems using the disks?
> > 
> > I didn't try realy using.
> 
> The clutter in the verbose dmesg might be from an enclosure that
> either only fully comes up when actually booting from a disk
> attached to the SAS1078 or isn't properly supported by ses(4),
> delaying the path inquiry. I'd suggest to try to boot from disk
> and to leave out the ses(4) driver.

I am tollerant to clutter in the verbose dmesg if it not sign of
problems with controller and/or compatible between driver and this
[cutted] controller variant.

I am try to boot after got information about booting this machine
(this is remote host, I am haven't phisical access, I see some strange
thinks while booting).



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