From owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Fri Mar 4 10:59:03 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@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 237E39DAA1E for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2016 10:59:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from borjam@sarenet.es) Received: from cu01176b.smtpx.saremail.com (cu01176b.smtpx.saremail.com [195.16.151.151]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D46AD91E for ; Fri, 4 Mar 2016 10:59:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from borjam@sarenet.es) Received: from [172.16.8.96] (izaro.sarenet.es [192.148.167.11]) by proxypop01.sare.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B15CF9DD2D9; Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:58:58 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.2 \(3112\)) Subject: Re: mpr(4) SAS3008 Repeated Crashing From: Borja Marcos In-Reply-To: <56D95266.301@multiplay.co.uk> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 11:58:58 +0100 Cc: Scott Long , FreeBSD-scsi Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <56D5FDB8.8040402@freebsd.org> <56D612FA.6090909@multiplay.co.uk> <56D805FD.50500@multiplay.co.uk> <56D95266.301@multiplay.co.uk> To: Steven Hartland X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3112) X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 10:59:03 -0000 > On 04 Mar 2016, at 10:16, Steven Hartland = wrote: >=20 > Its very rare but we've also seen this type of behaviour from a = failing Intel CPU. There was no other indication the CPU had an issue, = which one might expect, so just wanted to make you aware of the = possibility. >=20 > That said the most common cause of this we've seen, when its not a = common disk or disks, is a bad backplane or cabling to the backplane. Now I=E2=80=99m really curious! How did you determine that it was the CPU? And what kind of issue was it = causing? Noise in the power rails? Interference? Borja.