From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 31 14:00:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35AB106566B for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grullonbb@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 571798FC18 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwj9 with SMTP id 9so5352696qwj.13 for ; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:00:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=CNmZIzmPSYmbnXX2B4DEOx9M8D/OdeAPnTempBrwAwI=; b=MBU52NKIPQpsdjNh5m3GmTg+E3hiPHCDUXwgUuAmKmvAn9/wGFXOQ0fqHiPwSHwpRO 1erk0AleBJOK/KH/SCwjAMtj13DNiaNzEW/sqj8otGzLpzlv/kNvEy5I2efQRPp859yJ +c0i74ZIoMwdkpaq2YEXt8wHkANKeNol6TUtU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=VM+MDowmEcZ8+1hSKNaEoaO2VkpOvhluQAk7JTvBqyVqpeE59ZGd7OYESTFtYO3MW+ jgjwLW+/TjLlUGhBZuD4UjPE3Z5lbXulr3rweQkG+Xq+pSPYZN4ktkZbNrLkOksdcVYb ydI2M4iU0oR20iGudt8zHwx9n6jU3Hmc1942w= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.80.208 with SMTP id u16mr6457644qak.196.1296482429587; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:00:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.183.9 with HTTP; Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:00:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <167E8D26-8087-44A9-9C70-52BA7E812D99@averesystems.com> References: <167E8D26-8087-44A9-9C70-52BA7E812D99@averesystems.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:00:29 -0500 Message-ID: From: Lisandro Grullon To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: mfi(4) errors on LSI MegaRAID SAS driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:31 -0000 Thank you again Andrew, I disable the power save feature in the actual controller. It is hiden in the "setting menu"....Makes me wonder why would LSI have a power save feature when running a server class system. Anyways, glad this work. I am sure this will help other fellow experiencing the same issue. Lisandro On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Andrew Boyer wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:00 AM, Lisandro Grullon wrote: > > > Dear Daemons, > > I have been configuring a box for the past few days with a LSI > controller, > > specifically MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e. I have been getting some strange > > notifications/warnings under my /var/log/messages from mfi. I tried > > contacting scott who appears to be the maintainer of the driver but never > > heard back, probably my mail ended in his junk box. Anyways, hoping > someone > > here can tell me what this is about. Bellow are the > notifications/warnings I > > am getting. > > > > Jan 22 17:23:51 plato kernel: mfi0: 2595 (349032232s/0x0001/info) - VD > > 00/0 power policy changed to [ID=00,dps=0, cps=6] (from > > ... > > Your adapter is attempting to power down idle drives. If you want to get > rid of them (I've seen FreeBSD get very unhappy when you get too many > transitions like this), go into the LSI WebBIOS (Ctl-H at boot), go to the > adapter properties screen, and disable drive powersave mode. The exact name > of the property seems to vary from firmware to firmware. > > -Andrew > > -------------------------------------------------- > Andrew Boyer aboyer@averesystems.com > > > > >