From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 30 03:05:04 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C0C1065670 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:05:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lgrullon@CityTech.Cuny.Edu) Received: from email2.citytech.cuny.edu (email2.citytech.cuny.edu [199.219.135.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E68ED8FC12 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:05:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Adming2-MTA by email2.citytech.cuny.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:44:53 -0500 Message-Id: <4D448A4A020000890000FB8C@email2.citytech.cuny.edu> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 8.0.2 Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:44:57 -0500 From: "Lisandro Grullon" To: , Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi(4) errors on LSI MegaRAID SAS driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 03:05:04 -0000 Thank you Andrew for the tip, I noticed and I was thinking about this...I = will check this first thing in the morning when I get to work. I will = report back with my results. Lisandro >>> Andrew Boyer 01/29/11 9:03 PM >>> On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Lisandro Grullon wrote: > Dear Daemons, > I have been configuring a box for the past few days with a LSI controller= , > specifically MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e. I have been getting some strange > notifications/warnings under my /var/log/messages from mfi. I tried > contacting scott who appears to be the maintainer of the driver but = never > heard back, probably my mail ended in his junk box. Anyways, hoping = someone > here can tell me what this is about. Bellow are the notifications/warning= s I > am getting. >=20 > Jan 22 17:23:51 plato kernel: mfi0: 2595 (349032232s/0x0001/info) - VD > 00/0 power policy changed to [ID=3D00,dps=3D0, cps=3D6] (from > ... Your adapter is attempting to power down idle drives. If you want to get = rid of them (I've seen FreeBSD get very unhappy when you get too many = transitions like this), go into the LSI WebBIOS (Ctl-H at boot), go to the = adapter properties screen, and disable drive powersave mode. The exact = name of the property seems to vary from firmware to firmware. -Andrew -------------------------------------------------- Andrew Boyer aboyer@averesystems.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-drivers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"