Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 01:08:14 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mfi timeouts at boot on ASUS Z97 motherboard with LSI 9240-4i Message-ID: <BAF9CA2B-AA7D-4437-8B44-450E994487C1@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D7C5AA4-0E7A-4470-983A-32D6EF605A1F@gmail.com> References: <64CF176D-910E-417D-98E2-9B2C64521444@gmail.com> <20150408023559.GN2379@kib.kiev.ua> <4D7C5AA4-0E7A-4470-983A-32D6EF605A1F@gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail=_5F18E765-6CB5-41DA-86AE-18A1DBEB12B1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On Apr 8, 2015, at 0:49, Garrett Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 7, 2015, at 19:35, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> = wrote: >=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >=20 > Northbridge, Southbridge, didn=92t seem to matter :/=85 I=92ve tried = all 3 PCI-E slots to no avail. >=20 > 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). >=20 > Guess I=92ll try neutering the onboard GPU and see what happens... Nope. Still timing out with onboard GPU off=85 I give up with this = motherboard... --Apple-Mail=_5F18E765-6CB5-41DA-86AE-18A1DBEB12B1 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 iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVJOHuAAoJEMZr5QU6S73e3psH/0DsQ2T56ZDAR1WidEw2trsX TY9MeTgPGyLO02rNPKZJGzxHZvaBEDnfs1lgOwmCJ+aN+H34zZP8xxhVsk8vZ92M kY7IyuywjTOKxVIk9/YxF5viJCenxpgYeuJ1kJdf/QPvyLdD1U5oKkyFukkSY2xH N9LjqMLeRCBVrWWV/Mm+6vvXC948Xdm94vyshxnHns4RW6Dce/JChMHQdORD/k3G kJ/HDtS5Hazpc/02x81PIfnRikRHIB2GxxhE8NOa00e7IU5ugDUflTI6SyQCsNib BGNkhg58ndfhjWaLUWcLnv61mgJmj/Amm9x9VuaEkH6au+s30SLqztJ2Xx6dxZk= =mbDu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_5F18E765-6CB5-41DA-86AE-18A1DBEB12B1--
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