Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 19:18:21 +1000 From: Jan Mikkelsen <janm@transactionware.com> To: "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> Cc: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Device timeout from mfi(9) while booting 9.2-RELEASE Message-ID: <F189D863-E746-4F4F-8101-C88532452C34@transactionware.com> In-Reply-To: <50CFBCA5FBFB4525AD3F49AB779D31FB@multiplay.co.uk> References: <CAFMmRNzWwxe=YVJcC7Lkjqru5eugciwzEQHjgE-Bh-ctOykVNQ@mail.gmail.com> <20131003194704.GG41229@kib.kiev.ua> <E0480AD0-8097-41D2-BCB6-8650AA662C20@transactionware.com> <20131004052457.GN41229@kib.kiev.ua> <DAB5A340-813E-4495-A771-14523E64F526@transactionware.com> <24C7E2F8EDAF40439C076C03B8A0E203@multiplay.co.uk> <ED830028-7B99-4727-B14A-CACE36A8DCD5@transactionware.com> <50CFBCA5FBFB4525AD3F49AB779D31FB@multiplay.co.uk>
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On 04/10/2013, at 6:59 PM, "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> = wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Mikkelsen" = <janm@transactionware.com> >=20 >>>> mfi1: <Drake Skinny> port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem = 0xfad9c000-0xfad9ffff,0xfadc0000-0xfadfffff irq 30 at device 0.0 on pci2 >>>> mfi1: Using MSI >>>> mfi1: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 4.23 >>>> ... >>>> mfi1: 15228 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version = 2.130.384-2291 >>>> mfi1: 15229 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Package version 20.11.1-0137 >>>> mfi1: 15230 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 03A >>> In every case I've invesitgated for this is been either:- >>> 1. Old Firmware >>> 2. Bad Cabling, Disk or Ram >>> I'm 99.9999% certain timeout issues are not a driver issue. #1 is = the cause of >>> almost all occurances I've looked at. >>> FW we're running here is: >>> mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 4.23 >>> ... >>> mfi0: 14299 (boot + 4s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 3.190.05-1669 >>> mfi0: 14300 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Package version 23.7.0-0029 >>> mfi0: 14301 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision >>> So looks like your FW is quite old and needs updating. >>=20 >> Either we're not talking about the same card or there is somewhere to = find >> firmware that I don't know about. >>=20 >> I just checked the LSI website for 9240-4i firmware and there is a >> 20.12.1-0150 version (labeled "4.11") released on 23 September 2013. = The >> previous version is the version running in this machine. >>=20 >> Are we talking about the same card? Is there a better place to look = for >> firmware updates on the LSI website? >=20 > There are many different MFI controllers unforutnately making tracking > versions very hard especially when OEM's have different versions = again. > Id suggest contacting LSI support and request the FW with the command > timeout fix in. I'm not the one with the problem, that's Konstantin & Ryan. It works for me on many machines with 9240-4i and -8i controllers and = 9261-8i controllers. I have also seen problems that have been resolved = through firmware updates which is how we got to talking about firmware = revisions. So the point "... looks like your FW is quite old and needs updating" is = really "check your firmware." Thanks, Jan.
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