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Date:      Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:15:58 -0700
From:      "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org>
To:        questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Dell perc card corrupted by FreeBSD driver?
Message-ID:  <360F0169-B132-4F5B-B261-E50661911CDC@gushi.org>

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All,

We have a Dell Perc h330 mini that we=E2=80=99ve been using with the =
older =E2=80=9Cmfi=E2=80=9D driver, not the newer mrsas.  Recently, it =
started giving us an error on boot claiming that it was "Disabling =
writes to flash as the flash part has gone bad"

In the Dell Forums, a dell staffer very suspiciously saw this error and =
said =E2=80=9Care you running FreeBSD?=E2=80=9D =
(https://www.dell.com/community/en/conversations/rack-servers/disabling-wr=
ites-to-flash-as-the-flash-part-has-gone-bad/647f9010f4ccf8a8de13d06e)

Is there something about the driver we use that=E2=80=99s known to cause =
breakage?  Is there a known firmware that fixes this?  Is there a better =
place to ask this than the general =E2=80=9Cquestions=E2=80=9D list?

This system is out of warranty, but as we have a lot of Dell machines =
out in the field doing Important DNS Things, I may open a generic case =
with a system that *is* under warranty to ask more about this.  In the =
meantime, if anyone who maintains the driver knows something, I=E2=80=99d =
love to hear from you.

-Dan





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