Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:38:18 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@freebsd.org> To: Eric <heli@mikestammer.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, "Desai, Kashyap" <Kashyap.Desai@lsi.com> Subject: Re: LSI supported mps(4) driver in stable/9 and stable/8 Message-ID: <20120203043818.GA11558@nargothrond.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <4F2B50F3.3090108@mikestammer.com> References: <20120202191105.GA55719@nargothrond.kdm.org> <4F2B50F3.3090108@mikestammer.com>
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On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 20:13:55 -0700, Eric wrote: > > Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > >The LSI-supported version of the mps(4) driver that supports their 6Gb SAS > >HBAs as well as WarpDrive controllers, is now in stable/9 and stable/8. > > > >Please test it out and let me and Kashyap (CCed) know if you run into > >any problems. > > > >In addition to supporting WarpDrive, the driver also supports Integrated > >RAID. > > > >Thanks to LSI for doing the work on this driver! > > > > <snip> > > can you elaborate on what the symptoms would be before this commit for > the 6Bg cards? i have a dual channel LSI card (i can get the exact model > tomorrow) connected to a RAID Inc Maverick 8 disk array (one raid6 > volume was created on the Mav) which constantly gets hung up with > messages similar to: > > run_interrupt_driven_hooks - waiting for xpt_config > > every 60 seconds for about 5 iterations after which the box reboots. I > am currently trying 9-RELEASE, but saw the same issues on 8.2. These > messages happen after the USB stack initializes. Turning off the > Maverick allows the system to boot up. i can then turn on the maverick > after the system gets to the login prompt and the disks are detected as > da0 and work just fine. > > the LSI device was detected as mpt0. If you've got an mpt(4) controller, the new driver won't help you. You've got a 3Gb LSI controller, and the mps(4) driver is for 6Gb controllers. It sounds like the mpt driver is getting stuck on boot. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@FreeBSD.ORG
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