Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 18:27:36 +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: <ED830028-7B99-4727-B14A-CACE36A8DCD5@transactionware.com> In-Reply-To: <24C7E2F8EDAF40439C076C03B8A0E203@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>
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On 04/10/2013, at 6:10 PM, "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk> = wrote: >> 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 >=20 > In every case I've invesitgated for this is been either:- > 1. Old Firmware > 2. Bad Cabling, Disk or Ram >=20 > I'm 99.9999% certain timeout issues are not a driver issue. #1 is the = cause of > almost all occurances I've looked at. >=20 > 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 >=20 > So looks like your FW is quite old and needs updating. Either we're not talking about the same card or there is somewhere to = find firmware that I don't know about. 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. Are we talking about the same card? Is there a better place to look for = firmware updates on the LSI website? Thanks, Jan.
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