6.1 install and multiple drives

[Jay Aikat]

Erik,
	Thanks.  I used the CVS repository directly.  It turns out that that still has 
the old versions of these files for 6.1.  So, I grabbed the files for 6.2 
instead and compiled them into my kernel.  Doesn't work.  Error included below 
for reference.

Would you know if there is someone I could contact to get the 6.1 updates for 
these files, if it is not in the repository?  Thanks,

Error in make:
./../dev/mfi/mfi.c
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c: In function `mfi_ioctl':
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1824: error: storage size of 'l_ioc' isn't known
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1824: warning: unused variable `l_ioc'
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1845: error: storage size of 'l_aen' isn't known
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1845: warning: unused variable `l_aen'
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c: In function `mfi_linux_ioctl_int':
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1876: error: storage size of 'l_ioc' isn't known
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1877: error: storage size of 'l_aen' isn't known
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1894: error: `MAX_LINUX_IOCTL_SGE' undeclared (first use 
in this function)
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1894: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only 
once
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1894: error: for each function it appears in.)
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1994: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1876: warning: unused variable `l_ioc'
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1877: warning: unused variable `l_aen'
*** Error code 1

--jay.


Erik Trulsson wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 11:12:33AM -0500, Jay Aikat wrote:
>> Erik,
>> 	Thanks a ton for this info!  One more (this rather lame) question - sorry. 
>> Where can I download the latest files for this mfi driver from?  The ftp 
>> archive for old releases does not seem to have this. 
>> ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/6.1-RELEASE
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --Jay.
>>
> 
> (The FTP archive should have all the files, but probably not in a format
> that can be easily accessed without first installing the release.)
> 
> You can always get any version of the source files directly from the CVS
> repository. See http://www.freebsd.org/developers/cvs.html for information
> on that.
> 
> You might also get away with simply copying the files (either source or the
> pre-compiled kernel module) from 6.2-RELEASE
> There is no guarantee that this will work (since the updated driver might
> depend on some other changes) but it might be worth a try.
> 
> 
>> Erik Trulsson wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:22:46AM -0500, Jay Aikat wrote:
>>>> I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on a Dell Poweredge 2900 which has an 
>>>> Intel dual-core processor, and 8 drives on a SATA backplane, connected to 
>>>> a PERC 5i controller.  They are setup as just a bunch of disks, and not 
>>>> raided.
>>>>
>>>> Here's the issue:
>>>> -- 6.2 installs fine (but I need 6.1 for some hardware we installed on 
>>>> this machine that only works with 6.1, not 6.2)
>>>>
>>>> -- 6.1 install fails with a vm-fault error after starting to write to 
>>>> disk0 (if all 8 drives have been fdisked and labeled).
>>>>
>>>> -- 6.1 installs fine if I fdisk and label only the drive0 (mfid0)
>>>>
>>>> But after installing 6.1 using only one drive, if I then run sysinstall 
>>>> to add more drives, fdisk works fine, but when I run label, and then 
>>>> "write" it crashes, and then I can't even boot into the disk0 b/c its 
>>>> partitions have become corrupted.
>>>>
>>>> What seems to be happening is that "label" somehow seems to be 
>>>> duplicating the /var partition in disk0 into the disk1 partition.  Then 
>>>> if I add disk2, label seems to be duplicating the disk1 partition onto 
>>>> disk2.  (this duplication problem I discover when I try to label outside 
>>>> of sysinstall).
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone seen this bizarre behavior - seems like a bug in bsdlabel in 
>>>> 6.1 - not sure.  Any help or suggestions are highly appreciated.  Thanks,
>>>> --jay.
>>>>
>>> I think I remember seeing a similar bugreport in the past.  If I remember
>>> correctly it was a bug in the driver for the disk controller.
>>> The commit entry quoted below was likely the one which fixed the problem
>>> (it was merged to 6-STABLE a couple of weeks later.)
>>> As you can see from the date it was made after 6.1 was out, but before
>>> 6.2 was out, so it is not surprising 6.2 works while 6.1 does not.
>>>   ps          2006-06-20 22:41:44 UTC
>>>     FreeBSD src repository
>>>     Modified files:
>>>       sys/dev/mfi          mfi.c mfi_disk.c mfi_pci.c mfireg.h
>>>                            mfivar.h
>>>     Log:
>>>     Instead of using scsi probes to do device discovery, use the firmware
>>>     commands to grab the device listing.  This resolves issues using
>>>     multiple volumes, where each volume was actually internally pointing
>>>     to target 0.
>>>     Revision  Changes    Path
>>>     1.11      +77 -202   src/sys/dev/mfi/mfi.c
>>>     1.4       +3 -9      src/sys/dev/mfi/mfi_disk.c
>>>     1.3       +1 -0      src/sys/dev/mfi/mfi_pci.c
>>>     1.3       +96 -0     src/sys/dev/mfi/mfireg.h
>>>     1.3       +1 -3      src/sys/dev/mfi/mfivar.h
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