sanity check: is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one"

[Peter Maloney]

Some info for whoever might be interested:

This web site does not have the new firmware that works on SAS expanders 
(instead has 0309):
http://www.crucial.com/support/crucialfirmware.aspx

But this one does (version 000F):
> Hello Peter,
>
> Thanks for your email.
>
> We released the firmware on the 11th of this month. The version you should download is 000F.
>
> You will find this firmware upgrade by following the link below:
>
> http://www.crucial.com/uk/support/firmware.aspx




On 01/20/2012 10:09 AM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 09:50:34AM +0100, Peter Maloney wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> Various people have problems with mps and ZFS.
>>
>> I am using 8-STABLE from October 2011, and on the 9211-8i HBA, I am
>> using 9 IT firmware. In my case, it was the firmware on an SSD that
>> caused problems.
>> Crucial M4-CT256M4SSD2 firmware 0001
> My below comment is unrelated to mps driver bugs and so on, but:
>
> Owners of Crucial m4 SSDs need to be aware of this catastrophic problem
> with the drives: Crucial m4 SSDs begin to fail (data loss) starting at
> the 5200 power-on-hours count.  Apparently the problem is triggered by
> some sort of SMART-related ordeal as well (I have no details).  This is
> a firmware bug and has been confirmed by Crucial.
>
> A firmware fix just came out a few days ago for the problem.  Here's the
> URL where I was made aware of this problem (note the trailing hyphen
> please):
>
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26745697-
>
> And media confirmations:
>
> http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/17/2713178/crucial-m4-ssd-firmware-update-fixes-recurring-bsod
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/5308/crucial-to-fix-m4-bsod-issue-in-two-weeks
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/5424/crucial-provides-a-firmware-update-for-m4-to-fix-the-bsod-issue
>
> I've now added Crucial to my SSD brands to avoid (currently OCZ and
> Crucial).  Welcome to year 20xx, where nobody actually does quality
> assurance properly.
>


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