Device timeout from mfi(9) while booting 9.2-RELEASE

[Konstantin Belousov]

On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 11:23:45AM +1000, Jan Mikkelsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We have Drake Skinny (9240-4i and 9240-8i) cards running, most recently with 9.2-RC4. We'll be testing 9.2-RELEASE in the next week or two.
> 
> We have seen problems with older versions of the firmware, and interactions with some Supermicro BIOS versions. All these problems have been resolved by upgrading to the latest versions of the controller firmware and system BIOSes.
> 
> We're running with with hw.mfi.msi=1. I haven't tested without that since early 2011; I should probably try it out.
> 
> So: What firmware do you have in the controller? Did you update it?

Yes, I reflashed one board to the latest blob I was able to find at that
time.  For the second board, I did not bothered.  The info I am able to
find right now in my outcoming mbox, is

(this is for four-ports, was flashed, I believe)
mfi0: 916 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.130.374-2023             
mfi0: 917 (boot + 6s/0x0020/info) - Package version 20.10.1-0126                
mfi0: 918 (boot + 6s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 03A

(and this is for eight-ports)
mfi0: 326 (boot + 4s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.130.314-1585             
mfi0: 327 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Package version 20.10.1-0101                
mfi0: 328 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 03B

I am pretty much sure that the issue is either in the m/b compatibility
or mfi(4) driver.
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