Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:47:28 -0700 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> Cc: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mfi timeouts at boot on ASUS Z97 motherboard with LSI 9240-4i Message-ID: <CAOgwaMsAjE13g-MhBX6oy9hKtrFoDhQz8BpAGJv9TBeeJqn6ow@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAF9CA2B-AA7D-4437-8B44-450E994487C1@gmail.com> References: <64CF176D-910E-417D-98E2-9B2C64521444@gmail.com> <20150408023559.GN2379@kib.kiev.ua> <4D7C5AA4-0E7A-4470-983A-32D6EF605A1F@gmail.com> <BAF9CA2B-AA7D-4437-8B44-450E994487C1@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 8, 2015, at 0:49, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 7, 2015, at 19:35, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> 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/motherboa= rd > (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.ht= ml > . 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 saving= s > 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 th= e > >> south bridge instead of the CPU slot. > >> > >> I have two Drake Skinnies card which I cannot use, since all my machin= es > >> 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. > > > > Northbridge, Southbridge, didn=E2=80=99t seem to matter :/=E2=80=A6 I= =E2=80=99ve tried all 3 > PCI-E slots to no avail. > > > > One thing that I=E2=80=99m thinking might be a problem is the fact that= it=E2=80=99s > sharing resources between the onboard graphics and the storage controller= , > and plus the other two slots were supposedly dedicated for storage purpos= es > or some such (NVME, etc). > > > > Guess I=E2=80=99ll try neutering the onboard GPU and see what happens..= . > > Nope. Still timing out with onboard GPU off=E2=80=A6 I give up with this > motherboard... > If your motherboard is not listed in the following lists as suitable for Linux , it may cause problems under Unix like operating systems : http://www.asus.com/Static_WebPage/OS_Compatibility/ http://www.asus.com/websites/global/aboutASUS/OS/Linux1410.pdf http://www.asus.com/Static_WebPage/Server/ Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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