Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:24:18 +0300 From: Spartak Radchenko <spartak@aif.ru> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Dave <kreios@gmail.com> Subject: Re: SunFire X4100 MPT Issues 6.2 RC1 Message-ID: <4570E3D2.3010004@aif.ru> In-Reply-To: <294F109D-75A6-40A2-97FD-774EB3656CFF@gmail.com> References: <D5680650-3080-4CCA-B9EE-0E9FC50A6AC8@gmail.com> <7579f7fb0611231216p36e9901cr68611a4038297889@mail.gmail.com> <A45B241A-8C27-469C-8B5A-9C08D79C9BE5@gmail.com> <20061126040626.GA11816@icarus.home.lan> <69C9CF67-0DCB-4E4B-BDFC-7570C2EE01CE@gmail.com> <FD877FD1-BFE7-41DB-808B-E3EA297A6BDF@khera.org> <294F109D-75A6-40A2-97FD-774EB3656CFF@gmail.com>
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Dave wrote: > > On Dec 1, 2006, at 12:47 PM, Vivek Khera wrote: > >> >> On Dec 1, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Dave wrote: >> >>> We have talked to Sun about it and have not heard back on a fix for >>> the latest BIOS. We have been given an older version of the BIOS >>> that does not have this issue. >>> >> >> Which version of bios is the latest that works for you? I have two >> of these X4100's and they both came with bios 1.0.0 (even though >> purchased 10 months apart). I'm now afraid to update the bios since >> we boot from an external RAID array. > > We are running the 1.2.1 package from Sun on the ILOM card and the > system BIOS. The LSI card is running: > > LSI Logic Corp. MPT SAS BIOS > MPTBIOS-6.04.07.00 (2005.11.03) > Copyright 2000-2005 LSI Logic Corp. > > 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. I have problems too with booting FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 amd64 on the Intel SR2500 server with the LSI MTP card. LSI Logic Corp. MPT SAS BIOS MPTBIOS-6.06.07.00 (2006.04.07) FreeBSD boots from the installation DVD and installs ok, but I get "BTX halted" error trying to boot from the hard drive. -- Spartak Radchenko SVR1-RIPE
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