From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 2 02:24:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 4F79416A412 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 02:24:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from spartak@aif.ru) Received: from mail.aif.ru (mail.aif.ru [87.245.132.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 166A843C9D for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2006 02:24:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from spartak@aif.ru) Received: from ppp85-141-185-22.pppoe.mtu-net.ru ([85.141.185.22] helo=[192.168.0.2]) by mail.aif.ru with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.61 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GqKY9-0003VL-R0; Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:24:22 +0300 Message-ID: <4570E3D2.3010004@aif.ru> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 05:24:18 +0300 From: Spartak Radchenko User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.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> In-Reply-To: <294F109D-75A6-40A2-97FD-774EB3656CFF@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Cc: Dave 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: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 02:24:25 -0000 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