From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750923AbXBQQEy (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:04:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750909AbXBQQEx (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:04:53 -0500 Received: from noname.neutralserver.com ([70.84.186.210]:58125 "EHLO noname.neutralserver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750921AbXBQQEx (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:04:53 -0500 Message-ID: <45D72789.7010801@monatomic.org> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:04:25 +0200 From: Dan Aloni User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.9 (X11/20061220) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mario Giammarco CC: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: LSI Logic 40919o fibre channel: scsi works ip not References: <200702152306.25374.mgiammarco-ml@4warding.com> In-Reply-To: <200702152306.25374.mgiammarco-ml@4warding.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders: da-x@monatomic.org X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - noname.neutralserver.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - monatomic.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mario Giammarco wrote: > Hello, > > I have two lsi logic 40919o 2gbit connected to a 2gbit switch. > > They see hard disks but when I try to use them as ip card I obtain a partial > failure: packets sometimes arrives sometimes no and on dmesg I see: > > mptlan: ioc0/fc0: WARNING - IOC out of buckets! (priv->buckets_out = > 126) > mptlan Mismatch between driver's buckets_out count and fw's > BucketsRemaining count has crossed the threshold, issuing a LanReset > to clear the fw's hashtable. You may want to check your > /var/log/messages for "CRC error" event notifications. > mptlan: ioc0/fc0: WARNING - IOC out of buckets! (priv->buckets_out = > > AFAIK these messages occur as a result of bad frame tx/rx, and it doesn't get handled by the hardware/firmware very well, and I'm quite sure it never did. Now regarding the whole thing surrounding mptlan, I don't think that LSI officially supports that feature any more or willing to fix any bugs for it in their firmware or driver. Is that right? If so, we might as well remove that driver from the kernel. -- Dan Aloni