From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 8 08:08:15 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1B5256A for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:08:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-x235.google.com (mail-pa0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 663E3CCE for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:08:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pabsx10 with SMTP id sx10so107191743pab.3 for ; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:08:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :message-id:references:to; bh=JP3h1B5JO2azrRN7MBtp0Prg3/MslNM/gPjvOWTN9t0=; b=WqjfixACr3UMU7EsdnrVYz2RvcaaOVD/4SHcwxlMciNK8LbCaHwSJdWQdQDotDcsma 5beTx7v/jG3ExK1VVA3kkLe6JbHW2tilGzSv2mtHjKuih+VK8reKYPx7KsuPNuhoRocT GnJ5Dzia7poI7B7E3mpVFjJyAp59kFeWC0hreC7PvpPv/6viPe3jFNjqR+gLqFHZd/et 1DRpYrEepishYj6Djn4ISX9kZ2XtXNEpSORLzTaaL2Alio9gKDMxro/sJ+KamTjmBgfA /TzQAxpjcc8uIyj6DCJuFrSHi21Ef+h7gJ6zXNrZLpYwVKeJXfRGWPc8ro2kEJ9cSqTh wH8A== X-Received: by 10.68.68.240 with SMTP id z16mr19735706pbt.31.1428480495082; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:08:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.20.5] (c-98-247-240-204.hsd1.wa.comcast.net. [98.247.240.204]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id qm6sm10528349pac.14.2015.04.08.01.08.14 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:08:14 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Apple-Mail=_5F18E765-6CB5-41DA-86AE-18A1DBEB12B1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha512 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) Subject: Re: mfi timeouts at boot on ASUS Z97 motherboard with LSI 9240-4i From: Garrett Cooper In-Reply-To: <4D7C5AA4-0E7A-4470-983A-32D6EF605A1F@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:08:14 -0700 Message-Id: References: <64CF176D-910E-417D-98E2-9B2C64521444@gmail.com> <20150408023559.GN2379@kib.kiev.ua> <4D7C5AA4-0E7A-4470-983A-32D6EF605A1F@gmail.com> To: Konstantin Belousov X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Cc: freebsd-current Current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 08:08:15 -0000 --Apple-Mail=_5F18E765-6CB5-41DA-86AE-18A1DBEB12B1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On Apr 8, 2015, at 0:49, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Apr 7, 2015, at 19:35, Konstantin Belousov = wrote: >=20 >> On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 12:04:44PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I just tried to upgrade my system from a Nehalem style era = CPU/motherboard (a W series Xeon/P6T-WS) to a Haswell style = CPU/motherboard (an E-series Haswell/Z97 motherboard), and I?ve run into = some fun issues with my LSI 9240-4i controller. In particular, it?s = timing out because of issues noted similar to here: = https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-October/064404.htm= l . I?ve done the following so far to try and diagnose the issue: >>> - Upgraded the firmware on the card and in the BIOS >>> - Tweaked with the PCI-E settings (2.0/3.0; disabled power = savings mode in the BIOS; etc) >>> - Turned off 4GB ?remapping? on the PCM. >>> - Booted USB key fob-based images running: 9.3-RELEASE, = 10.1-RELEASE, 10-STABLE, 11-CURRENT >>> - Booted my original drive running 9.3-RELEASE >>> - Booted with hw.mfi.msi=3D0 set in loader. >>> - Booted with boot -v. >> One more thing to try, is to put the card into PCIe slot handled by = the >> south bridge instead of the CPU slot. >>=20 >> I have two Drake Skinnies card which I cannot use, since all my = machines >> are desktop class, and the only available PCIe 8x+ slots are = connected >> to CPU. I was never able to get a satisfactory explanation why the >> thing does not like CPU' PCIe. >=20 > Northbridge, Southbridge, didn=92t seem to matter :/=85 I=92ve tried = all 3 PCI-E slots to no avail. >=20 > One thing that I=92m thinking might be a problem is the fact that it=92s= sharing resources between the onboard graphics and the storage = controller, and plus the other two slots were supposedly dedicated for = storage purposes or some such (NVME, etc). >=20 > Guess I=92ll try neutering the onboard GPU and see what happens... Nope. Still timing out with onboard GPU off=85 I give up with this = motherboard... --Apple-Mail=_5F18E765-6CB5-41DA-86AE-18A1DBEB12B1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVJOHuAAoJEMZr5QU6S73e3psH/0DsQ2T56ZDAR1WidEw2trsX TY9MeTgPGyLO02rNPKZJGzxHZvaBEDnfs1lgOwmCJ+aN+H34zZP8xxhVsk8vZ92M kY7IyuywjTOKxVIk9/YxF5viJCenxpgYeuJ1kJdf/QPvyLdD1U5oKkyFukkSY2xH N9LjqMLeRCBVrWWV/Mm+6vvXC948Xdm94vyshxnHns4RW6Dce/JChMHQdORD/k3G kJ/HDtS5Hazpc/02x81PIfnRikRHIB2GxxhE8NOa00e7IU5ugDUflTI6SyQCsNib BGNkhg58ndfhjWaLUWcLnv61mgJmj/Amm9x9VuaEkH6au+s30SLqztJ2Xx6dxZk= =mbDu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_5F18E765-6CB5-41DA-86AE-18A1DBEB12B1--