linux-kernel - RE: megaraid_sas: "FW in FAULT state!!", how to get more debug output? [BKO63661]

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Date:	Tue, 7 Jul 2015 14:48:14 +0530
From:	Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@...gotech.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Cc:	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org>,
	Adam Radford <aradford@...il.com>,
	Neela Syam Kolli <megaraidlinux@....com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, arkadiusz.bubala@...n-e.com,
	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>,
	Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@...gotech.com>,
	Uday Lingala <uday.lingala@...gotech.com>,
	"PDL,MEGARAIDLINUX" <megaraidlinux.pdl@...gotech.com>,
	linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Myron Stowe <myron.stowe@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: megaraid_sas: "FW in FAULT state!!", how to get more debug
 output? [BKO63661]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jean Delvare [mailto:jdelvare@...e.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 2:14 PM
> To: Kashyap Desai
> Cc: Bjorn Helgaas; Robin H. Johnson; Adam Radford; Neela Syam Kolli;
linux-
> scsi@...r.kernel.org; arkadiusz.bubala@...n-e.com; Matthew Garrett;
Sumit
> Saxena; Uday Lingala; PDL,MEGARAIDLINUX; linux-pci@...r.kernel.org;
linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; Myron Stowe
> Subject: Re: megaraid_sas: "FW in FAULT state!!", how to get more debug
> output? [BKO63661]
>
> Hi Kashyap,
>
> On Thu, 28 May 2015 19:05:35 +0530, Kashyap Desai wrote:
> > Bjorn/Robin,
> >
> > Apologies for delay. Here is one quick suggestion as we have seen
> > similar issue (not exactly similar, but high probably to have same
> > issue) while controller is configured on VM as pass-through and VM
reboot
> abruptly.
> > In that particular issue, driver interact with FW which may  require
> > chip reset to bring controller to operation state.
> >
> > Relevant patch was submitted for only Older controller as it was only
> > seen for few MegaRaid controller. Below patch already try to do chip
> > reset, but only for limited controllers...I have attached one more
> > patch which does chip reset from driver load time for
> > Thunderbolt/Invader/Fury etc. (In your case you have Thunderbolt
> > controller, so attached patch is required.)
> >
> > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg67288.html
> >
> > Please post the result with attached patch.
>
> Good news! Customer tested your patch and said it fixed the problem :-)
>
> I am now in the process of backporting the patch to the SLES 11 SP3
kernel for
> further testing. I'll let you know how it goes. Thank you very much for
your
> assistance.

Thanks for confirmation. Whatever patch I submitted to you, we have added
recently (as part of common interface approach to do chip reset at load
time). We will be submitting that patch to mainline soon.

~ Kashyap
>
> --
> Jean Delvare
> SUSE L3 Support
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