From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 1 23:44:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2C0016A412 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:44:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daved@tamu.edu) Received: from sr-7-int.cis.tamu.edu (smtp-relay.tamu.edu [165.91.22.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A49543CA2 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 23:44:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from daved@tamu.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost.tamu.edu [127.0.0.1]) by sr-7-int.cis.tamu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5461A660D; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:44:32 -0600 (CST) Received: from [192.168.1.198] (pool-71-113-235-243.herntx.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.113.235.243]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by sr-7-int.cis.tamu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 394726605; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:44:30 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <00BECC93-2197-4BB6-A19C-DE832612CB74@khera.org> References: <7579f7fb0611231216p36e9901cr68611a4038297889@mail.gmail.com> <20061126040626.GA11816@icarus.home.lan> <69C9CF67-0DCB-4E4B-BDFC-7570C2EE01CE@gmail.com> <294F109D-75A6-40A2-97FD-774EB3656CFF@gmail.com> <00BECC93-2197-4BB6-A19C-DE832612CB74@khera.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--121608686; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" Message-Id: From: David Duchscher Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:44:27 -0600 To: Vivek Khera X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at tamu.edu X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SunFire X4100 MPT Issues 6.2 RC1 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: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:44:33 -0000 --Apple-Mail-1--121608686 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Dec 1, 2006, at 2:33 PM, Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Dec 1, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Dave wrote: > >> The upgrade to the ILOM card, and consequently the system BIOS, >> will not upgrade the LSI card and cause the boot problem that has >> been reported by me and others. As far as I know, the problem is >> only caused by upgrading the LSI MPT card to version 6.06.06.00. > > Ah.... so it doesn't affect external disk booting? I thought that > was an issue too. I remember reading in the BIOS release notes > that the LSI card bios had to be updated to use the newer system BIOS. I don't know if upgrading the LSI MPT card to version 6.06.06.00 will cause problems with external booting. I do know that you can PXE boot with the LSI MPT version at that level. As for keeping the all the firmware in sync, that is a concern but its a choice of evils for us at the moment. I would suggest not upgrading unless you have a pressing need. -- Dave --Apple-Mail-1--121608686--