Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:09:15 -0800 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: Peter Maloney <peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sanity check: is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one" Message-ID: <20120120090915.GA90876@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <4F192ADA.5020903@brockmann-consult.de> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201191604510.19710@kozubik.com> <4F192ADA.5020903@brockmann-consult.de>
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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. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |
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