RE: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_sas: fix kdump kernel boot hung caused by JBOD

[Chandrakanth Patil <chandrakanth.patil@broadcom.com>]

>Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_sas: fix kdump kernel boot hung caused
>by JBOD
>
>On 2020/06/05 Fri 01:05, Chandrakanth Patil wrote:
>>
>>Hi Kai Liu,
>>
>>Gen3 (Invader) and Gen3.5 (Ventura/Aero) generations of controllers are
>>affected.
>
>Hi Chandrakanth,
>
>My card is not one of these but it's also problematic:
>
># lspci -nn|grep 3408
>02:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID Tri-Mode
>SAS3408
>[1000:0017] (rev 01)
>
>According to megaraid_sas.h it's Tomcat:
>
>#define PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_TOMCAT                    0x0017
>
>According to product information on broadcom.com the card model is 9440-8i.
>So I tried to
>upgrade to the latest firmware version
>51.13.0-3223 but I got these error:
>
># ./storcli64 /c0 download file=9440-8i_nopad.rom Download Completed.
>Flashing image to adapter...
>CLI Version = 007.1316.0000.0000 Mar 12, 2020 Operating system = Linux
>5.3.18-
>0.g6748ac9-default Controller = 0 Status = Failure Description = image
>corrupted
>
>I tried few more versions from broadcom website, they all failed with the
>same "image
>corrupted" error.
>
>Here is the controller information:
>
># ./storcli64 /c0 show
>Generating detailed summary of the adapter, it may take a while to
>complete.
>
>CLI Version = 007.1316.0000.0000 Mar 12, 2020 Operating system = Linux
>5.3.18-
>0.g6748ac9-default Controller = 0 Status = Success Description = None
>
>Product Name = SAS3408
>Serial Number = 033FAT10K8000236
>SAS Address =  57c1cf15516f4000
>PCI Address = 00:02:00:00
>System Time = 06/05/2020 12:36:59
>Mfg. Date = 00/00/00
>Controller Time = 06/05/2020 04:36:58
>FW Package Build = 50.6.3-0109
>BIOS Version = 7.06.02.2_0x07060502
>FW Version = 5.060.01-2262
>Driver Name = megaraid_sas
>Driver Version = 07.713.01.00-rc1
>Vendor Id = 0x1000
>Device Id = 0x17
>SubVendor Id = 0x19E5
>SubDevice Id = 0xD213
>Host Interface = PCI-E
>Device Interface = SAS-12G
>Bus Number = 2
>Device Number = 0
>Function Number = 0
>Domain ID = 0
>Drive Groups = 3
>
>
>Thanks,
>Kai Liu

Hi Kai Liu,

Tomcat (Device ID: 0017) belongs to Gen3.5 controllers (Ventura family of
controllers). So this issue is applicable.
As this is an OEM specific firmware, Please contact Broadcom support team in
order get the correct firmware image.

-Chandrakanth Patil