From: Tim Small <tim@seoss.co.uk>
To: "linux-raid@vger.kernel.org" <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-poweredge@dell.com" <linux-poweredge@dell.com>
Subject: Re: problems with "LSISAS2008 6Gb/s SAS" kernel mpt2sas driver
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:08:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CC01F43.8010003@seoss.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101021073159.GA30734@apartia.fr>
On 21/10/10 08:31, Louis-David Mitterrand wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am setting up a new Dell T610 server with 8 WD Black Caviar sata3 1TB
> disks on a LSISAS2008 controller:
>
> Oct 21 09:12:37 grml kernel: [ 83.377388] mpt2sas0: LSISAS2008: FWVersion(02.1
> 5.63.00), ChipRevision(0x02), BiosVersion(07.01.09.00)
>
> My layout is as follows:
>
> - small un-encrypted raid1 boot partition on /dev/md0
>
> - dm-crypt main partition on /dev/md1 (actuallly /dev/mapper/cmd1)
>
> A recent grml64 is used to create the partitions, install the system and
> run lilo.
>
> When running lilo I get these errors from the controller:
>
> Oct 21 08:57:11 grml kernel: [40832.015207] mpt2sas0: fault_state(0x265d)!
> Oct 21 08:57:11 grml kernel: [40832.015210] mpt2sas0: sending diag reset !!
>
> Any suggestion on fixing that problem would be welcome. I can send more
> complete logs.
>
Looks like a firmware bug - do you have the latest firmware? Drive
firmwares? Anything in the drive error logs (using smartctl)?
If not, then try opening a bug on the kernel bugzilla - LSI engineers
read that (and sometimes even fix things).
Otherwise, you could try replacing with a straight SATA contoller, if
that box doesn't have a SAS backplane - I've not been to impressed by
the quality of engineering for LSI contollers, and SATA-on-SAS in
general hasn't been very reliable IMO. Just go for a well supported
SATA controller (e.g. Sil 3132 etc.).
Tim.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-21 11:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-21 7:31 problems with "LSISAS2008 6Gb/s SAS" kernel mpt2sas driver Louis-David Mitterrand
2010-10-21 11:08 ` Tim Small [this message]
2010-10-21 12:50 ` Louis-David Mitterrand
2010-10-22 5:25 ` Stefan /*St0fF*/ Hübner
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