Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:36:30 +0100 From: Peter Maloney <peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de> To: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sanity check: is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one" Message-ID: <4F19359E.6030901@brockmann-consult.de> In-Reply-To: <20120120090915.GA90876@icarus.home.lan> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201191604510.19710@kozubik.com> <4F192ADA.5020903@brockmann-consult.de> <20120120090915.GA90876@icarus.home.lan>
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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- > Thanks for the notice, but I am aware of this, and that the newly fixed driver is not compatible with SAS expanders (which implies that there are hacks involved)... so I still need to wait. :( > 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. What is your problem with OCZ SSDs? -- -------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------
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