From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 09:36:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CBCD1065675 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:36:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9343E8FC12 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:36:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.3.0.26] ([141.4.215.32]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LpiwE-1SKjxB0v70-00eqSp; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:36:31 +0100 Message-ID: <4F19359E.6030901@brockmann-consult.de> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:36:30 +0100 From: Peter Maloney User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110922 Thunderbird/3.1.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick References: <4F192ADA.5020903@brockmann-consult.de> <20120120090915.GA90876@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <20120120090915.GA90876@icarus.home.lan> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:J6OkcmyKltCTQJ8d2erwFmkpv4hg7f5m1QJ4/cPZudI UiKSC2Ctiq6Fm/uzfgCwsBw5fBG9V3zHYHxzci2eV3m+r9PF1+ tsApwFH12qsweWHzo80nIBRTRUsDYjRkUpuM0V/QbA2ITM7fNF lLhQjeuslUvv1Y9Q0JDEyiePJ78fTqn62vurNCe+X3On5/hTez oiUKdBCxI90rhTYRs3XWuQ/6V02+Hyma+MLPAbawC2u3QrXBb0 3qnlf1eGYbo6KdPtJRc0HNkhP1M87ogZ8+TGKCMZ1s2HhNzUk+ 0PISiSJ5MLR/rngHOu/kniBzLROU6i7Wt4ftf8PZrTUZ/cuNl6 jtnFf4gTn6fy+EC8RLm70EEDKld+RkCUAds4KY7nY Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sanity check: is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one" X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:36:35 -0000 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 --------------------------------------------