On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 11:55:25AM -0400, Rich wrote: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pa...@iki.fi> wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 07:13:15PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:07:45PM -0400, Rich wrote: > >> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pa...@iki.fi> wrote: > >> > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 06:01:42PM +0200, Emmanuel Florac wrote: > >> > >> Le Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:47:11 +0300 > >> > >> Pasi Kärkkäinen <pa...@iki.fi> 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
