From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 8 20:01:30 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 678C4106564A for ; Sun, 8 May 2011 20:01:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from artemb@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f175.google.com (mail-qy0-f175.google.com [209.85.216.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DBD58FC1D for ; Sun, 8 May 2011 20:01:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk35 with SMTP id 35so619160qyk.13 for ; Sun, 08 May 2011 13:01:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=+H9JKlbx2QFPVij++Ffd7FHdDU8vTA6AuupQC8KpqPA=; b=qd4tQo9riGskTyAlfX9ic5zDH9I40JXKio1FpE0zRCfhltgxMiKGLaIWWmPLFaYRJU me8PRD4DGQIqGeND85Nl/ewyUIoRCHFrCwDQKCnfWAv3bM/f7y8qX0nA6hguj4Hnnjr4 Vmb9Eg/UPNziABfU46KQGvNMQhIBnaLlqGXdM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=Mmn9pE5RsmC/jfrAFyMVWPIvXGI3T2MfRPX3U40p1B0ui0EtLIDRe+FtD11EOGaVOc LX6HQ7r8R+DDhmFcOLjeYYoN607z2mxSqiirbuUFOcVGRicED8urZRCsULuCHShLuSNj 4nlVTkQoPS2eiv9ADa0aic1ZJI8nWHIs5mhK8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.62.209 with SMTP id y17mr4251196qch.196.1304883088997; Sun, 08 May 2011 12:31:28 -0700 (PDT) Sender: artemb@gmail.com Received: by 10.229.95.140 with HTTP; Sun, 8 May 2011 12:31:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 12:31:28 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: QP_j63DvSIDUE9WGR9CQWUovuYU Message-ID: From: Artem Belevich To: Michael Reifenberger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD-SCSI Subject: Re: mpt(4) cuts 3TiB drives down to 2TiB X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 20:01:30 -0000 On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Michael Reifenberger wrote: > Hi, > the manpage of mptutil states that mpt(4) doesn't support volumes greater > 2TiB, > it suggests to use the disks in JBOD mode. > > Even this seems only to work for disk with less than 2TiB. > > When attaching a Hitachi 7k3000 drive on the LSI SAS/SATA ports of a > Supermicro X8ST3-F board I only see 4294967294 sectors while I get 976773168 > sectors when > attaching to the on board SATA ports. > > This leaves the onboard LSI controller useless for bigger disks. > > Is there a way to work around this issue? > > Or is anybody working on enhancing the mpt(4) driver to use the newer API? According to LSI, it's a 'feature'. Controllers based on LSI1068/1068e (X8ST3-F uses LSI 1068E) truncate drive capacity to 2TB: http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16399.aspx --Artem > > Thanks in advance! > > Bye/2 > --- > Michael Reifenberger > Michael@Reifenberger.com > http://www.Reifenberger.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >