From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 15 15:16:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE75F106566B; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:16:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pluknet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f222.google.com (mail-fx0-f222.google.com [209.85.220.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 345008FC1B; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:16:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm22 with SMTP id 22so1208245fxm.36 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:16:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=GwUcY5ctpHtArn/geu8Oke7gozfxshWiPdCzzelgNc8=; b=QGU0f1CO0RucHjsyrU+tawuvqb67q16ZvOaJRLxR2aGFe3SUjgWpckqAn/cf2ZpRqU 9a3PZUNQLFd7kH4qznmXWVx0W3dqRtnzDxviuM37fFh6+fBCLsiMtqXRUgG/bsorCVJB 6mNfvjmUEnla+1tzGor4pGXkKD/22nM/DG8bs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dG4oWH4kjL4nbYn4OzjlBpqh+CuXBe/K35v9MKm5UittSvmbkg0SOUaR5+xvjfDWv0 RiMyQxkT1D3q+Ma1fWB71dlTcs3dbnJbLWGv2CzEhJEI1cVCztpl+7S2/cWsWwGd36ty MFI1OGeu7P+7wapUlrjM7/znzxrRv+9N2EYLA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.49.73 with SMTP id u9mr121445bkf.129.1255619783275; Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:16:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200910150853.49850.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200910150853.49850.jhb@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:16:23 +0400 Message-ID: From: pluknet To: John Baldwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-scsi , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi(4) endless loop kernel output on attach X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:16:25 -0000 2009/10/15 John Baldwin : > On Thursday 15 October 2009 5:51:19 am pluknet wrote: >> Hi. >> >> This is 7.2-R. Seen on IBM x3650M2. >> >> During the boot I get those endless looping kernel messages while on >> mfi(4) attach phase. >> It's getting more odd since 7.2 booted and worked fine on exactly this >> server model >> months ago (on different box though).. Any hints? > > We just had some boxes die like this (but spewing a different loop of mes= sages > on boot related to continuously scheduling patrol reads and consistency > checks that finished immediately) at work. =A0We fixed them by swapping o= ut the > controller. =A0We might try stick them in a different box and reflashing = them > using mfiutil(8) to see if it's some sort of corrupted state that flashin= g > the adapter fixes. > > In your case it looks lik the firmware keeps crashing and restarting. Probably it is. Though clearing logs helped me. --=20 wbr, pluknet