On 12/21/2012 03:55, Ireneusz Pluta wrote: > OK. I got the configuration as advised. The raid controller is MegaRAID > SAS 9266-4i. > > But 9.0-RELEASE does not seem to boot. It stops with messages like > (rewritten manually): > > mpt0: <LSILogic SAS/SATA adapter> ... on pci131 > mpt0: soft/hard reset failed: device not running > mpt0: mpt_reset: failed hard reset (0:0) > mpt0: mpt_reset: failed hard reset (0:1) > > why the mpt device shows up - is it mfi misrecognized? > > 9.1-RCx (image which is available today) seems to start and reporting: > > mfi0: <ThunderBolt> ... on pci131 > > Why 9.0 has a problem? I initially suspected that mpt was some onboard > device of the motherboard, but the same pci location in both cases > indicates that it is just the 9266-4i. > > Is there a way to get 9.0 running? I would like to get the hardware into > production and I am OK with 9.0 for now, while 9.1 is still RC. > > Thanks > Irek. >
The mpt driver in 9.0 ignores a bit in the PCI ID and decides it should attach to the megaraid when it shouldn't. This was fixed in 9.1. You can make 9.0 work by compiling a kernel that doesn't have the mpt driver in it. Thanks, Josh Paetzel _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
