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: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 15:46:43 +0200 Message-ID: <20121207134643.GA8912@reaktio.net> References: <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> <20121021124649.GS8912@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]:58459 "EHLO smtp.tele.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030393Ab2LGNqr (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Dec 2012 08:46:47 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 11:55:25AM -0400, Rich wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Pasi K=E4rkk=E4inen w= rote: > > 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 wrot= e: > >> > >> 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 846= E26 (dual > >> > >> expander backplane) with 846E16 (single expander). Apparently= they > >> > >> gave up getting the E26 to work properly or something: LSI ex= pander > >> > >> 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 draw= er. > >> > >> Another LSI SAS-2 expander firmware problem. > >> > >> > >> > >> I could start a rant about the evil of proprietary firmware, = etc. You > >> > >> get my meaning :) > >> > >> > >> > > > >> > > Yeah, this is a good example why we're trying to get the LEDs = working with > >> > > direct attach (non-expander) backplanes :) > >> > > > >> > > -- Pasi > >> > > > >> > > >> > I don't have anything useful for people, other than that they ha= ve > >> > shown me an HBA firmware that fixes the LED problem but has othe= r > >> > problems they're still debugging. > >> > > >> > So there does exist code for this firmware which will fix this p= roblem. > >> > > >> > >> That's good to know! Let's hope the fix ends up in an official > >> LSI HBA firmware update in not-so-distant future. > >> > > > > 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 be= ing included.. > > > > Also: Any updates on this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- Pasi > > >=20 > The fixed FW I had demonstrated for me was still 14.0.0.0 - I've been > told it'll be rolled into the FW release currently on the site and > posted at some point, but that they have no ETA for that. >=20 I can now see P15 firmware available on LSI's website for 9211-8i (SAS2= 008 based HBA). Sadly it's missing the releasenotes/changelogs for both the LSI bios an= d firmware.. -- 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