Re: 6.1 install and multiple drives

Just an update to this (my own) question below. Turns out the mfi_ioctl.h file is not listed as an updated one in the list below, but I needed to change that file as well.

So, I copied that from the 6.2 distribution as well, and then the kernel compiled fine. Even better, I was then able to, with the new kernel installed, fdisk and label my other 7 drives - no problems! Thanks to Erik and this very helpful list!
--Jay.



Jay Aikat wrote:
Erik,
Thanks. I used the CVS repository directly. It turns out that that still has the old versions of these files for 6.1. So, I grabbed the files for 6.2 instead and compiled them into my kernel. Doesn't work. Error included below for reference.

Would you know if there is someone I could contact to get the 6.1 updates for these files, if it is not in the repository? Thanks,

Error in make:
./../dev/mfi/mfi.c
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c: In function `mfi_ioctl':
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1824: error: storage size of 'l_ioc' isn't known
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1824: warning: unused variable `l_ioc'
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1845: error: storage size of 'l_aen' isn't known
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1845: warning: unused variable `l_aen'
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c: In function `mfi_linux_ioctl_int':
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1876: error: storage size of 'l_ioc' isn't known
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1877: error: storage size of 'l_aen' isn't known
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1894: error: `MAX_LINUX_IOCTL_SGE' undeclared (first use in this function)
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1894: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1894: error: for each function it appears in.)
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1994: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1876: warning: unused variable `l_ioc'
../../../dev/mfi/mfi.c:1877: warning: unused variable `l_aen'
*** Error code 1

--jay.


Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 11:12:33AM -0500, Jay Aikat wrote:
Erik,
Thanks a ton for this info! One more (this rather lame) question - sorry. Where can I download the latest files for this mfi driver from? The ftp archive for old releases does not seem to have this. ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/6.1-RELEASE


Thanks!
--Jay.


(The FTP archive should have all the files, but probably not in a format
that can be easily accessed without first installing the release.)

You can always get any version of the source files directly from the CVS
repository. See http://www.freebsd.org/developers/cvs.html for information
on that.

You might also get away with simply copying the files (either source or the
pre-compiled kernel module) from 6.2-RELEASE
There is no guarantee that this will work (since the updated driver might
depend on some other changes) but it might be worth a try.


Erik Trulsson wrote:
On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 10:22:46AM -0500, Jay Aikat wrote:
I am trying to install FreeBSD 6.1 on a Dell Poweredge 2900 which has an Intel dual-core processor, and 8 drives on a SATA backplane, connected to a PERC 5i controller. They are setup as just a bunch of disks, and not raided.

Here's the issue:
-- 6.2 installs fine (but I need 6.1 for some hardware we installed on this machine that only works with 6.1, not 6.2)

-- 6.1 install fails with a vm-fault error after starting to write to disk0 (if all 8 drives have been fdisked and labeled).

-- 6.1 installs fine if I fdisk and label only the drive0 (mfid0)

But after installing 6.1 using only one drive, if I then run sysinstall to add more drives, fdisk works fine, but when I run label, and then "write" it crashes, and then I can't even boot into the disk0 b/c its partitions have become corrupted.

What seems to be happening is that "label" somehow seems to be duplicating the /var partition in disk0 into the disk1 partition. Then if I add disk2, label seems to be duplicating the disk1 partition onto disk2. (this duplication problem I discover when I try to label outside of sysinstall).

Has anyone seen this bizarre behavior - seems like a bug in bsdlabel in 6.1 - not sure. Any help or suggestions are highly appreciated. Thanks,
--jay.

I think I remember seeing a similar bugreport in the past. If I remember
correctly it was a bug in the driver for the disk controller.
The commit entry quoted below was likely the one which fixed the problem
(it was merged to 6-STABLE a couple of weeks later.)
As you can see from the date it was made after 6.1 was out, but before
6.2 was out, so it is not surprising 6.2 works while 6.1 does not.
ps 2006-06-20 22:41:44 UTC
FreeBSD src repository
Modified files:
sys/dev/mfi mfi.c mfi_disk.c mfi_pci.c mfireg.h
mfivar.h
Log:
Instead of using scsi probes to do device discovery, use the firmware
commands to grab the device listing. This resolves issues using
multiple volumes, where each volume was actually internally pointing
to target 0.
Revision Changes Path
1.11 +77 -202 src/sys/dev/mfi/mfi.c
1.4 +3 -9 src/sys/dev/mfi/mfi_disk.c
1.3 +1 -0 src/sys/dev/mfi/mfi_pci.c
1.3 +96 -0 src/sys/dev/mfi/mfireg.h
1.3 +1 -3 src/sys/dev/mfi/mfivar.h
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