Re: Current panics on connecting disks to a LSI-3108 controller

From: Willem Jan Withagen <wjw_at_digiware.nl>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 02:39:19 +0200
On 14-7-2020 00:47, Yuri Pankov wrote:
> Willem Jan Withagen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have this Supermicro SUPERSERVER®2028TP
>> Which hold four nodes each with a X10DRT-PT motherboard
>> and a LSI-3108 SAS controller connecting to 6 disks.
>>
>> Trying to run the most recent current snapshot on it.
>> # uname -a
>> FreeBSD quadbox-d.digiware.nl 13.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 13.0-CURRENT #0 
>> r363032: Thu Jul  9 04:13:17 UTC 2020 
>> root_at_releng1.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/sys/GENERIC 
>> amd64
>>
>> I have installed the OS on a SATA flash DOM.
>> Booting works fine as long as there are no disks connected to 
>> LSI-3108 controller.
>> Booting with SAS disks connected results in a panic.
>> Attaching a SAS disk to the LSI-3108 controller give a panic as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> AVAGO MegaRAID SAS FreeBSD mrsas driver version: 07.709.04.00-fbsd
>> mfi0: <Invader> port 0x6000-0x60ff mem 
>> 0xc7300000-0xc730ffff,0xc7200000-0xc72fffff irq 26 at device
>> 0.0 numa-domain 0 on pci3
>> mfi0: Using MSI
>> mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 4.23
>> mfi0: FW MaxCmds = 928, limiting to 128
>> mfi0: MaxCmd = 928, Drv MaxCmd = 128, MaxSgl = 70, state = 0xb73c03a0
>> .....
>> mfi0: 54944 (boot + 6s/0x0020/info) - Firmware initialization started 
>> (PCI ID 005d/1000/0809/15d9)
>> pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge>mfi0: 54945 (boot + 6s/0x0020/info) - 
>> Firmware version 4.290.00-4536
>>
>>
>> I have posted screenshots of the panic at:
>>      www.tegenbosch28.nl/FreeBSD/Crash-LSI3108
>>
>> But basically it crashes in
>>      mfi_tbolt_send_frame() +0x132
>>
>> So is there anybody out there that can help me with analyzing and 
>> fixing this panic?
>
> I guess it's not the answer you are looking for, but you could try the 
> mrsas driver and check if it's behaves better for you, by setting 'set 
> hw.mfi.mrsas_enable=1' from loader prompt.

That was a great suggestion.
And what I read from the manual page, mrsas plays even nicer with CAM 
which is a plus.

I guess that there are reason not to do this by default.
So one gets mrsas unless it does not attach to that specific card in the 
system?

--WjW
Received on Mon Jul 13 2020 - 22:39:25 UTC

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