Chuck Tuffli wrote on 04/16/2020 22:29:> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:30 PM Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd at quip.cz> wrote: >> >> Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23: >>> >>> >>> On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >>>> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: >> >>> I would try booting via UEFI if you can. I just installed a laptop >>> yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the 12-STABLE >>> snapshot I used to boot from. no other modifications were necessary on >>> my end. >> >> I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 installer >> ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :( >> >> You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7 >> >> Anything more I can test? > > Fair warning, I don't deal much with Dell, but it's curious that iDrac > lists the device protocol as MI >> Device Protocol: NVMe-MI1.0 > > MI or the Management Interface is defined by NVMe, but it isn't the > same as a block interface. MI typically uses SMBUS and not PCIe to > communicate with the device. So it's possible that the device is > visible to iDrac via SMBUS but may not be on the PCIe bus for > $reasons. Does iDrac have any tools to interact with the device via > MI?iDRAC does not allow me to do anything with the drives. But I booted Linux SystemRescueCd and nvme devices are there visible in /dev/ printscreen https://ibb.co/sj22Nwg So I think the HW is OK, but FreeBSD does not recognize the controller? Kind regards Miroslav Lachman
On 4/16/20 1:57 PM, Miroslav Lachman wrote:> Chuck Tuffli wrote on 04/16/2020 22:29: >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:30 PM Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd at quip.cz> >> wrote: >>> >>> Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >>>>> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: >>> >>>> I would try booting via UEFI if you can.? I just installed a laptop >>>> yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the >>>> 12-STABLE >>>> snapshot I used to boot from.? no other modifications were >>>> necessary on >>>> my end. >>> >>> I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 installer >>> ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :( >>> >>> You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7 >>> >>> Anything more I can test? >> >> Fair warning, I don't deal much with Dell, but it's curious that iDrac >> lists the device protocol as MI >>> Device Protocol:????? NVMe-MI1.0 >> >> MI or the Management Interface is defined by NVMe, but it isn't the >> same as a block interface. MI typically uses SMBUS and not PCIe to >> communicate with the device. So it's possible that the device is >> visible to iDrac via SMBUS but may not be on the PCIe bus for >> $reasons. Does iDrac have any tools to interact with the device via >> MI? > > iDRAC does not allow me to do anything with the drives. > But I booted Linux SystemRescueCd and nvme devices are there visible > in /dev/ > printscreen https://ibb.co/sj22Nwg > > So I think the HW is OK, but FreeBSD does not recognize the controller? >might be interesting to see what the dmesg buffer and lspci output for this device is under linux.? that should give pointers to how the device is being presented to the kernel. -p -- Pete Wright pete at nomadlogic.org @nomadlogicLA
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 22:57:10 +0200 Miroslav Lachman 000.fbsd at quip.cz said> Chuck Tuffli wrote on 04/16/2020 22:29: > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:30 PM Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd at quip.cz> wrote: > >> > >> Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23: > >>> > >>> > >>> On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > >>>> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: > >> > >>> I would try booting via UEFI if you can. I just installed a laptop > >>> yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the 12-STABLE > >>> snapshot I used to boot from. no other modifications were necessary on > >>> my end. > >> > >> I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 installer > >> ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :( > >> > >> You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7 > >> > >> Anything more I can test? > > > > Fair warning, I don't deal much with Dell, but it's curious that iDrac > > lists the device protocol as MI > >> Device Protocol: NVMe-MI1.0 > > > > MI or the Management Interface is defined by NVMe, but it isn't the > > same as a block interface. MI typically uses SMBUS and not PCIe to > > communicate with the device. So it's possible that the device is > > visible to iDrac via SMBUS but may not be on the PCIe bus for > > $reasons. Does iDrac have any tools to interact with the device via > > MI? > > iDRAC does not allow me to do anything with the drives. > But I booted Linux SystemRescueCd and nvme devices are there visible in > /dev/ > printscreen https://ibb.co/sj22Nwg > > So I think the HW is OK, but FreeBSD does not recognize the controller?Does mps(4) or any of the other (often Dell) rebranded LSI drivers expose anything?> > Kind regards > Miroslav Lachman--Chris