From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 30 21:30:33 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E8551065673; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:30:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ambrisko@ambrisko.com) Received: from mail.ambrisko.com (mail.ambrisko.com [70.91.206.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30D128FC1E; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:30:32 +0000 (UTC) X-Ambrisko-Me: Yes Received: from server2.ambrisko.com (HELO internal.ambrisko.com) ([192.168.1.2]) by ironport.ambrisko.com with ESMTP; 30 Aug 2012 14:30:35 -0700 Received: from ambrisko.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by internal.ambrisko.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7ULTO4Z023423; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:29:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ambrisko@ambrisko.com) Received: (from ambrisko@localhost) by ambrisko.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q7ULTNkV023422; Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:29:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ambrisko) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:29:23 -0700 From: Doug Ambrisko To: John Baldwin Message-ID: <20120830212923.GA21687@ambrisko.com> References: <20120827203817.GB44988@mikea.ath.cx> <201208281238.48041.jhb@freebsd.org> <20120828210618.GD69985@mikea.ath.cx> <201208290818.20990.jhb@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201208290818.20990.jhb@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, Mike A Subject: Re: Bug Report: IBM x3650M4 (32GB, 2x4-core Xeon E5-2600, IBM ServeRaid M5110e): fails in install with NMI X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:30:33 -0000 On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 08:18:20AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: [snip] | Also, to be honest, the original NMI in itself is a bit odd. If you are having | these problems now I do wonder if there isn't an underlying hardware issue. | Regardless, I think netbooting would be a good thing to look to get the CD/DVD | bit out of the way. The original NMI is quite common with mpt(4) attaching to an mfi(4) card. This was due to some bad code in mpt(4) probe code that has been corrected. I think this is why Sean suggested 9.1 which should have this fixed. I run into this when I run an unpatched/older FreeBSD image on newer machines with the new mfi controller. Doug A.