From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pasi =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4rkk=E4inen?= Subject: Re: Odd behavior of a "SAS-2" backplane with SGPIO commands Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 15:46:49 +0300 Message-ID: <20121021124649.GS8912@reaktio.net> References: <20120819102531.GP19851@reaktio.net> <5030E0F8.5@gmail.com> <20120819131309.GQ19851@reaktio.net> <20120910134711.GJ8912@reaktio.net> <20120910180142.6adfd3f3@harpe.intellique.com> <20120910160407.GK8912@reaktio.net> <20120910161315.GL8912@reaktio.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from smtp.tele.fi ([192.89.123.25]:38005 "EHLO smtp.tele.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753485Ab2JUMqw (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:46:52 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120910161315.GL8912@reaktio.net> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Rich Cc: Emmanuel Florac , Harri Olin , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 07:13:15PM +0300, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:07:45PM -0400, Rich wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 06:01:42PM +0200, Emmanuel Florac wrote: > > >> Le Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:47:11 +0300 > > >> Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen =E9crivait: > > >> > > >> > Any replies from Supermicro/LSI ? > > >> > > > >> > > >> Only loosely related, but Supermicro replaced recently my 846E26= (dual > > >> expander backplane) with 846E16 (single expander). Apparently th= ey > > >> gave up getting the E26 to work properly or something: LSI expan= der > > >> firmware problem. > > >> > > >> In another (very large scale, high end) setup, many different 60= slots > > >> 5 LSI expanders chassis had a general failure of the 5th drawer. > > >> Another LSI SAS-2 expander firmware problem. > > >> > > >> I could start a rant about the evil of proprietary firmware, etc= =2E You > > >> get my meaning :) > > >> > > > > > > Yeah, this is a good example why we're trying to get the LEDs wor= king with > > > direct attach (non-expander) backplanes :) > > > > > > -- Pasi > > > > >=20 > > I don't have anything useful for people, other than that they have > > shown me an HBA firmware that fixes the LED problem but has other > > problems they're still debugging. > >=20 > > So there does exist code for this firmware which will fix this prob= lem. > >=20 >=20 > That's good to know! Let's hope the fix ends up in an official=20 > LSI HBA firmware update in not-so-distant future. >=20 Btw what was the version number of the LED-fixed LSI firmware? I'm just wondering in which firmware series the fix might end up being = included.. Also: Any updates on this? Thanks, -- Pasi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html