From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 10 19:26:08 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A79120 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:26:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ken@kdm.org) Received: from nargothrond.kdm.org (nargothrond.kdm.org [70.56.43.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB7E5250E for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:26:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nargothrond.kdm.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nargothrond.kdm.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r8AJQ60U049580; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:26:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken@nargothrond.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by nargothrond.kdm.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id r8AJQ6ue049579; Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:26:06 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ken) Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:26:06 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: Dennis Glatting Subject: Re: Problems with stable/9 and LSI controlers? Message-ID: <20130910192606.GA49545@nargothrond.kdm.org> References: <20130910185251.GA46692@nargothrond.kdm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:26:08 -0000 On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:11:38 -0700, Dennis Glatting wrote: > On Tue, 10 Sep 2013, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > > >On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:21:02 -0700, Dennis Glatting wrote: > >> > >>Today I updated several systems against stable/9 that had not bee updated > >>in ~five months. Two of the systems are serviced by LSI 2008 controllers > >>with a RAID1 array housing the operating system. > >> > >>These systems no longer properly boot. > >> > >>Specifically, they begin the boot process but bomb when they try to mount > >>root. Neither system sees the GPT partitions of the boot disk at the > >>"mountroot>" prompt. On one system I replaced the hard disks, > >>repartitioned, and reinstalled but the problem continued. > >> > >>I don't see any mention of geom or controller update in UPDATING but I > >>know they have been updated because I saw their revisions fly actross my > >>screen during the svn update. Also, I am running IR vers 16 on my > >>controllers, which is the latest version of LSI firmware. > >> > >>Is there some new action I have to take to sucessfully boot LSI disks > >>against the updated kernel? > > > >Can you try the mpslsi driver from LSI's web site and see if that works? > > > >If it does, then it is a problem we've introduced locally. > > > > I'll give it a shot but just to be clear, I have been running the 16 > firmware for months. The issue is very likely in the driver, not the firmware. I'm just trying to figure out whether it broke in LSI's Phase 16 or in our additional changes in FreeBSD. In any case, I've reproduced the problem, and hopefully I'll know soon where the issue is. So don't worry about trying LSI's driver. Just go back to the previous version of stable/9 that worked for you until we fix it. This only affects RAID volumes, not regular disks. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@FreeBSD.ORG