Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:45:28 +0100 From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: "George Kontostanos" <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LSI 9240-4i 4K alignment Message-ID: <D53CE2973AA04801900167A7C0C25116@multiplay.co.uk> References: <CA%2BdUSyrdPsDJyZ0Ow3%2B6sNzc10we2BGV10tUYtzkuE5u9Ook2A@mail.gmail.com><50E70CD3-2D8A-4B49-8BB1-381FB6779A71@transactionware.com><CA%2BdUSyohz0EMxzE7-un=T7WDwdh%2BDnK=5%2BvNmZsBqhwPCRDj3w@mail.gmail.com><A6FF01A2-D638-4766-9DD4-013CDC813DAF@transactionware.com><CA%2BdUSyr1PMu2gdB6iUYG7QESYU9MbVQT-Hy27=_uZSNrxH75Lw@mail.gmail.com><5433111728EF4748A35DB4ED19E10CD2@multiplay.co.uk><CA%2BdUSyr53CqeEhwX9puJcsw=998qByT63_FrY%2BXdGHNdSkGBbQ@mail.gmail.com><00BFCA9D569640E08E243CCBC61CF287@multiplay.co.uk> <CA%2BdUSyooc8aPtq-RUxGx8OEJ2tNr=EsbVu=G2Kz=U8krsUBWEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kontostanos" gkontos.mail@gmail.com >> It still really smells like something higher up the layers than the >> controller tbh. > > We have tried many combinations with different drives. Any other suggestions? See below >> Confused as your 9240-4i is a SAS2008 based card so you "shouldnt" be >> seeing any difference as it should be supported just fine under mps. >> >> The cards we have here are 9211-8i if that helps. > > You are right, the chip specs say: LSISAS2108 RAID-on-Chip Hmm LSI's website says its a LSISAS2008 not a LSISAS2108 http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/MegaRAIDSAS9240-4i.aspx > The drives are identified as mfisyspd0, mfisyspd1, etc. Are you actually using HW RAID volumns then instead of direct disks? If so I would advice configuring the disks as passthrough. What does pciconf -lv say? On boot I see the following here to 2008 chip controller:- == /var/run/dmesg.boot == mps0: <LSI SAS2008> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xfaf3c000-0xfaf3ffff,0xfaf40000-0xfaf7ffff irq 26 at device 0.0 on pci7 mps0: Firmware: 11.00.00.00 mps0: IOCCapabilities: 185c<ScsiTaskFull,DiagTrace,SnapBuf,EEDP,TransRetry,IR> mps0: [ITHREAD] == pciconf -lv == mps0@pci0:7:0:0: class=0x010700 card=0x30201000 chip=0x00721000 rev=0x03 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'LSI Logic (Was: Symbios Logic, NCR)' class = mass storage subclass = SAS I suspect reading around that the MegaRAID cards are have SAS chips on board but are superseed by the RAID part hence mfi vs mps I wonder if you could flash with the IT firmware instead of IR to make it show as mps instead of mfi? Regards Steve ================================================ This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise disseminating it or any information contained in it. In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please telephone +44 845 868 1337 or return the E.mail to postmaster@multiplay.co.uk.
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