From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 8 08:47:29 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 E60BFD3 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-x236.google.com (mail-ig0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::236]) (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 A65E31EE for ; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:47:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igblo3 with SMTP id lo3so33799105igb.1 for ; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:47:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=EjIlQQ9NeC1qfDoZiJpwlUe//rQNnKak9/6dpdPNdzY=; b=yJGsQXmI8PktpnV/03V/hS4HBveRYw3BY7OEWSEzhnbQeY46o7VYtWPi5ap75HqOrH h/l9MtcnnIGlPhbmZT66SJqRBH+gPL+gQrbPHEngjIyPoc00YUqwsf7RTWjnWITbiPIB WoXfX3AP2N89OrxT/FIW9WKvQU3LKVKqDGHsS4G9h0GoCxKVwgWINnURHGGZNZRfJQza VeLRzvxBS9aPU9eOIONuEaUegFi/rQQarYCFGeE+Yadd1xCE54Ipwh0mTRZPKJfnGS1c FXPlo2KALOZG18J6etHBlMTMy6m8oido7P0haCQEv4R6/B5H43q0x2KEfgJsocD+XC+q 5zOw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.136.158 with SMTP id s30mr37938434ioi.65.1428482849078; Wed, 08 Apr 2015 01:47:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.24.141 with HTTP; Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:47:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <64CF176D-910E-417D-98E2-9B2C64521444@gmail.com> <20150408023559.GN2379@kib.kiev.ua> <4D7C5AA4-0E7A-4470-983A-32D6EF605A1F@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:47:28 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: mfi timeouts at boot on ASUS Z97 motherboard with LSI 9240-4i From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: Garrett Cooper Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: Konstantin Belousov , 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 08:47:30 -0000 On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Apr 8, 2015, at 0:49, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > > On Apr 7, 2015, at 19:35, Konstantin Belousov > 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