misc/84040: 6.0-BETA1 mpt driver not working under VMware ESX 2.5.1

[Henri Hennebert]

>Number:         84040
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       6.0-BETA1 mpt driver not working under VMware ESX 2.5.1
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
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>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jul 25 07:50:15 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Henri Hennebert
>Release:        FreeBSD-6.0-BETA1
>Organization:
CIGER sa
>Environment:
Not available - FreeBSD can't complete boot 
>Description:
Under VMware ESX server 2.5.1 with scsi disk controller vmilsilogic, during boot the following error appears:
..
mpt0: <LSILogic 1030 Ultra4 Adapter> port 0x1080-0x10ff mem 0xf4000000-0xf4000fff irq 9 at device 16.0 on pci0
mpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
mpt0: MPI Version=1.2.0.0
mpt0: Unhandled Event Notify Frame. Event 0xa.
..
Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a

Manual root filesystem specification:
  <fstype>:<device>  Mount <device> using filesystem <fstype>
                       eg. ufs:da0s1a
  ?                  List valid disk boot devices
  <empty line>       Abort manual input

:-(

Under 5.4-RC4 all was running fine:
..
mpt0: <LSILogic 1030 Ultra4 Adapter> port 0x1080-0x10ff mem 0xf4000000-0xf4000fff irq 9 at device 16.0 on pci0
..
Waiting 5 seconds for SCSI devices to settle
da0 at mpt0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <VMware Virtual disk 1.0> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da0: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz, offset 127, 16bit), Tagged Queueing Enabled
da0: 6000MB (12288000 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 764C)
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/da0s1a

Henri

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