Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 00:10:16 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mfi timeouts at boot on ASUS Z97 motherboard with LSI 9240-4i Message-ID: <D3EF13AD-0A4F-4E2A-BD03-191ED4006578@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMsAjE13g-MhBX6oy9hKtrFoDhQz8BpAGJv9TBeeJqn6ow@mail.gmail.com> References: <64CF176D-910E-417D-98E2-9B2C64521444@gmail.com> <20150408023559.GN2379@kib.kiev.ua> <4D7C5AA4-0E7A-4470-983A-32D6EF605A1F@gmail.com> <BAF9CA2B-AA7D-4437-8B44-450E994487C1@gmail.com> <CAOgwaMsAjE13g-MhBX6oy9hKtrFoDhQz8BpAGJv9TBeeJqn6ow@mail.gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail=_469D585F-FCDD-4A13-9581-20DFEA5ED3C6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On Apr 8, 2015, at 1:47, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> = wrote: > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> = wrote: > On Apr 8, 2015, at 0:49, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > > On Apr 7, 2015, at 19:35, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> = wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 12:04:44PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> I just tried to upgrade my system from a Nehalem style era = CPU/motherboard (a W series Xeon/P6T-WS) to a Haswell style = CPU/motherboard (an E-series Haswell/Z97 motherboard), and I?ve run into = some fun issues with my LSI 9240-4i controller. In particular, it?s = timing out because of issues noted similar to here: = https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2011-October/064404.htm= l . I?ve done the following so far to try and diagnose the issue: > >>> - Upgraded the firmware on the card and in the BIOS > >>> - Tweaked with the PCI-E settings (2.0/3.0; disabled power = savings mode in the BIOS; etc) > >>> - Turned off 4GB ?remapping? on the PCM. > >>> - Booted USB key fob-based images running: 9.3-RELEASE, = 10.1-RELEASE, 10-STABLE, 11-CURRENT > >>> - Booted my original drive running 9.3-RELEASE > >>> - Booted with hw.mfi.msi=3D0 set in loader. > >>> - Booted with boot -v. > >> One more thing to try, is to put the card into PCIe slot handled by = the > >> south bridge instead of the CPU slot. > >> > >> I have two Drake Skinnies card which I cannot use, since all my = machines > >> are desktop class, and the only available PCIe 8x+ slots are = connected > >> to CPU. I was never able to get a satisfactory explanation why the > >> thing does not like CPU' PCIe. > > > > Northbridge, Southbridge, didn=92t seem to matter :/=85 I=92ve tried = all 3 PCI-E slots to no avail. > > > > One thing that I=92m thinking might be a problem is the fact that = it=92s sharing resources between the onboard graphics and the storage = controller, and plus the other two slots were supposedly dedicated for = storage purposes or some such (NVME, etc). > > > > Guess I=92ll try neutering the onboard GPU and see what happens... >=20 > Nope. Still timing out with onboard GPU off=85 I give up with this = motherboard... >=20 >=20 >=20 > If your motherboard is not listed in the following lists as suitable = for Linux , it may cause problems under Unix like operating systems : >=20 >=20 >=20 > http://www.asus.com/Static_WebPage/OS_Compatibility/ > http://www.asus.com/websites/global/aboutASUS/OS/Linux1410.pdf > http://www.asus.com/Static_WebPage/Server/ It booted both FreeBSD/Linux without my controller =97 the hardware = compatibility with it just sucks. Email back from ASUS, =93it=92s not in our compatibility list. Use = another card=94. Uh, yeah=85 right. Not going to dump another $300 in an = LSI card and redo my RAID. Guess I=92ll purchase another motherboard. Thank you for the input everyone. I=92ll leave a helpful review on = Newegg so others don=92t stumble on this either. --Apple-Mail=_469D585F-FCDD-4A13-9581-20DFEA5ED3C6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVJiXYAAoJEMZr5QU6S73eP38H/jY1SpHKOz9i8k7JGFrZfQcZ KOaexSR3z4tKQx+8ECGE6co3FiMxxp6NYsiXWPJa7VTxnhZk5RI8gXyWtLMjaEqa Pn4kfzObRBs7tyTDKL3RLnQKh7l4vOXUZBhzfaq4maSTA5Kk5ESetDXGBXFFdeyF plrbM9dnaU2trnvDt1em3bcxoYwg946EBzwbPaQv3PrrvR3BFVm8lvJ4tZkhFFkL tB1Bc9zNk3XsvChOnl4QCK1zJv51KsvhYcAgQAxACk/rsdyMlHU5fUct3pCmJqkV cGlA1/2LLVNCOabMv0I6x7T+KztPihbGwlxFMC8Clw5VzONVUv+kzvgjP7WHbwI= =S6iL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_469D585F-FCDD-4A13-9581-20DFEA5ED3C6--
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