On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 02:00:43PM -0500, Rich wrote: > From the LSI P15 F/W release notes: > SCGCQ00342805 (DFCT)  - SlotStatus updates to SES managed Enclosure may > update incorrect slots > "Modified FW to use SES diag page 0Ah mapping only if SMP Discover > DeviceSlotNum is used for Encl Phy Slot enumeration." .. hmm it's talking about SES, but probably still worth a try with the SGPIO backplane.. > SCGCQ00345867 (DFCT)  - Channel NVDATA internal Phy reverse setting for > 9207-4i4e 9207-8i 9217-4i4e 9217-8i and 9201-16i > "ISSUE DESC: Internal PHY orders are reversed for the channel boards > above." > So I would submit this is likely fixed by this FW rev. And nice that they updated the P15 package to include the changelog now :) Thanks! -- Pasi > - Rich > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Pasi KÀrkkÀinen <[1]pasik@xxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 11:55:25AM -0400, Rich wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Pasi KÀrkkÀinen <[2]pasik@xxxxxx> > wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 07:13:15PM +0300, Pasi KÀrkkÀinen wrote: > > >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:07:45PM -0400, Rich wrote: > > >> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Pasi KÀrkkÀinen > <[3]pasik@xxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 06:01:42PM +0200, Emmanuel Florac > wrote: > > >> > >> Le Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:47:11 +0300 > > >> > >> Pasi KÀrkkÀinen <[4]pasik@xxxxxx> écrivait: > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Any replies from Supermicro/LSI ? > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> > >> Only loosely related, but Supermicro replaced recently my > 846E26 (dual > > >> > >> expander backplane) with 846E16 (single expander). Apparently > they > > >> > >> gave up getting the E26 to work properly or something: LSI > expander > > >> > >> 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. 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 > have > > >> > shown me an HBA firmware that fixes the LED problem but has other > > >> > problems they're still debugging. > > >> > > > >> > So there does exist code for this firmware which will fix this > problem. > > >> > > > >> > > >> 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 > being included.. > > > > > > Also: Any updates on this? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- Pasi > > > > > > > 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. > > > > I can now see P15 firmware available on LSI's website for 9211-8i > (SAS2008 based HBA). > Sadly it's missing the releasenotes/changelogs for both the LSI bios and > firmware.. > -- Pasi > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx > 2. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx > 3. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx > 4. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
