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

[Jan Mikkelsen]

>> 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.

OK. I haven't seen timeout errors like that for a long time, so you could be right. I don't know.

This is from a running 9.2-RC4 system:

mfi1: <Drake Skinny> port 0xc000-0xc0ff mem 0xfad9c000-0xfad9ffff,0xfadc0000-0xfadfffff irq 30 at device 0.0 on pci2
mfi1: Using MSI
mfi1: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 4.23 
...
mfi1: 15228 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.130.384-2291
mfi1: 15229 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Package version 20.11.1-0137
mfi1: 15230 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 03A

Regards,

Jan.