Dell 1850/PERC 4e/Si (Megaraid) with "too many retries" error
Scott Long
scottl at samsco.org
Mon Aug 9 13:29:38 UTC 2010
This error is harmless as long as you don't start getting other errors about GEOM i/o failures or "indefinite wait buffers". The problem is that the card can get busy, and the firmware communications protocol for it is prone to timeouts.
Scott
On Aug 6, 2010, at 11:13 AM, sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
>> The original post was a year ago, to the day, from when I suddenly
>> started seeing the msgs -- what a coincidence! The machine has been
>> running fine for years, there have been no changes to hardware or OS,
>> and these just started showing up in the log. I'm assuming it's a
>> hardware problem...
>
> I get the same error message occasionally, with no apparent ill effects.
> Haven't seen any resolution to this yet.
>
> See for instance
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-August/003941.html
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2009-April/005838.html
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2009-April/005838.html
>
> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no
>
>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> vinifera mikel 0# pciconf -lv | more
>> hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0: class=0x060000 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x35908086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = 'E7520 Server Memory Controller Hub'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = HOST-PCI
>> pcib1 at pci0:0:2:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x35958086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = 'E752x Memory Controller Hub PCIe Port A0'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> pcib4 at pci0:0:4:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x35978086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = 'E752x Memory Controller Hub PCIe Port B0'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> pcib5 at pci0:0:5:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x35988086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = 'E752x Memory Controller Hub PCIe Port B1'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> pcib8 at pci0:0:6:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x35998086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = 'E752x Memory Controller Hub PCIe Port C0'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> pcib11 at pci0:0:30:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x244e8086
>> rev=0xc2 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '82801 Family (ICH2/3/4/4/5/5/6/7/8/9,63xxESB) Hub
>> Interface to PCI Bridge'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> isab0 at pci0:0:31:0: class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x24d08086
>> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-ISA
>> atapci0 at pci0:0:31:1: class=0x01018a card=0x016d1028 chip=0x24db8086
>> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) EIDE Controller'
>> class = mass storage
>> subclass = ATA
>> pcib2 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x03308086
>> rev=0x06 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '80332 [Dobson] I/O processor A-segment Bridge'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> pcib3 at pci0:1:0:2: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x03328086
>> rev=0x06 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '80332 [Dobson] I/O processor B-segment Bridge'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> amr0 at pci0:2:14:0: class=0x010400 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x00131028
>> rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
>> vendor = 'Dell Computer Corporation'
>> device = 'PERC 4e/Si and PERC 4e/Di Expandable RAID Controller'
>> class = mass storage
>> subclass = RAID
>> pcib6 at pci0:5:0:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x03298086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge A'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> pcib7 at pci0:5:0:2: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x032a8086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge B'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> em0 at pci0:6:7:0: class=0x020000 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x10768086 rev=0x05
>> hdr=0x00
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '82541EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
>> class = network
>> subclass = ethernet
>> pcib9 at pci0:8:0:0: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x03298086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge A'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> pcib10 at pci0:8:0:2: class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x032a8086
>> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>> vendor = 'Intel Corporation'
>> device = '6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge B'
>> class = bridge
>> subclass = PCI-PCI
>> vgapci0 at pci0:11:13:0: class=0x030000 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x51591002
>> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
>> vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc'
>> device = 'RV100 Radeon 7000 / Radeon VE'
>> class = display
>> subclass = VGA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> vinifera mikel 0# uname -a | more
>> FreeBSD vinifera.vintners.net 7.1-STABLE FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE #2: Wed Jan
>> 14 15:10:30 PST 2009
>> root at vinifera.vintners.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>>
>>
>> Sean Bruno wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 10:46 -0500, Mike Lempriere wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did anyone ever answer this? I just started getting this msg yesterday.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> No. I didn't see your original email though.
>>>
>>> Any chance you can post a bit more information? e.g. dmesg output,
>>> pciconf -lv and uname -a ?
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Lempriere- Home: ph: 206-780-2146 email: mike at vintners.net
>> cell ph/txt: 206-200-5902; cell email: cell at vintners.net
>>
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