freebsd stable - Jan 2005 - twa breakage on AMD64 with 9.1.5.2 3ware versionand2005-01-1103:00:49 UTC RELENG_5 commit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Michael Meltzer
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:19 PM
> To: freebsd stable
> Subject: twa breakage on AMD64 with 9.1.5.2 3ware version
> and2005-01-1103:00:49 UTC RELENG_5 commit
> 
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> The new 3ware twa drive does not seem to work after the 2005-01-11 
> 03:00:49 UTC RELENG_5 commit.  Basically the device da is not 
> visible  
> to complete the boot and the system stopped asking for the 
> root path (if 
> their was an error message it scrolled to fast for me to see) 
> Backed off 
> to 5_3_0_RELEASE code to /usr/src/sys/dev/twa/* to get the system 
> backup. FWIW the 3ware support page does NOT list amd64 
> freebsd support 
> for this driver( 9.1.5.2) and 3ware seem to define the downloadable 
> driver firmware feather in their makefile, the -D rule does 
> not seem to 
> have made it to the build. I tried to rebuild the code with 
> the correct 
> define but the firmware try to load but still had the problem. Took a 
> look at the CVS diffs but it a large/complex change set and someone 
> smarter than myself needs to take a look. -mjm 
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Could you see if the driver is getting loaded?  The driver prints
the message: "3ware device driver for 9000 series storage
controllers...".

Did the new firmware get flashed?  You can download the firmware
from the 3ware website and flash it on the card using a DOS floppy.
Alternatively, you can add 'options TWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE' to your
kernel configuration file and rebuild the kernel.  This should build
the kernel/driver with the firmware bundled, and the firmware should
automatically get downloaded the next time you reboot.

>Could you see if the driver is getting loaded?  The driver prints
>the message: "3ware device driver for 9000 series storage
controllers...".
>
>Did the new firmware get flashed?  You can download the firmware
>from the 3ware website and flash it on the card using a DOS floppy.
>Alternatively, you can add 'options TWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE' to your
>kernel configuration file and rebuild the kernel.  This should build
>the kernel/driver with the firmware bundled, and the firmware should
>automatically get downloaded the next time you reboot.
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I reloaded the new driver and rebuilt the kernel last night with the 
TWA_FLASH_FIRMWARE, Did not see the -D on the command line for the 
rebuild, the new firmware was not requested to load. I got the new 
firmware from 3ware and flashed it in, Still does not work. I also build 
a straight GENERIC Kernel, still no luck. Their is no error message that 
I saw and the versions number for the pieces did change so it the
"new"
stuff. I need to setup a serial console to capture the full messages, 
should have that on monday night. Thank You -mjm