May 12, 201214 yr I have a M1015 in my server now, not flashed to IT-mode though. I like do this in unraid. When the server is switched on I see the BIOS-screen of an LSI-card. But in unraid no drivers for this card are loaded. Also when running sas2flash P5 it says: No LSI-adapters found. What is wrong? Am I going too quick (again)? When booting from a DOS USB stick I can use 1.BAT and it creates the ADAPTERS.TXT file. The DOS-version of sas2flash gives the PAL-error. What other options do I have to flash the M1015?
May 12, 201214 yr It can be done but you need another kernel module compiled in to support flashing the LSI controllers via Linux. I covered this for the BR10i in one of the older threads. I think this applies to the other LSI controllers too. EDIT: Here's the post: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=7451.msg104095#msg104095 Also, if you want to be able to flash the LSI1068E or similar cards in Linux, you definitely need the Kernel config option "Fusion MPT misc device (ioctl) driver" (CONFIG_FUSION_CTL) set as a module. This creates the /dev/mptctl device.
May 12, 201214 yr It can be done but you need another kernel module compiled in to support flashing the LSI controllers via Linux. I covered this for the BR10i in one of the older threads. I think this applies to the other LSI controllers too. Has something been changed in unRAID, then? I've certainly flashed my LSI2008-based USAS2-L8i controller using a standard 5.0beta release.
May 12, 201214 yr Author Somehow my M1015 isn't detected in unraid 5.0b12a. sas2flash doesn't see it.
May 12, 201214 yr Somehow my M1015 isn't detected in unraid 5.0b12a. sas2flash doesn't see it. I suspect that sas2flash reporting that no controllers are found may be the same thing as the PAL error reported under DOS. In other words, perhaps you cannot flash the card on that mobo, either in DOS or in Linux. Anyway, I've just updated my 2008 card on unRAID 5.0RC3 (with the array stopped), to P13.5 firmware (released about 2 weeks ago, on the LSI website). So, for me, at least, there are no additional requirements to be built in the kernel.
May 13, 201214 yr Author Should the M1015 first be erased with steps 1-3 of the Madburg script before attempting to flash it with the linux or efi version of sas2flash?
May 13, 201214 yr if it still has the IBM flash on it, yes. if you are on an X9SCM. you are out of luck as far as I know. There is a new bios out for that board. i do not know if that fixes the issue.. but, i heard it breaks ESXi badly. so i have not tried it.
May 14, 201214 yr Author I better check my MBs then. Just don't know what to look for. A bit silly that a flash program causes such problems. Would be nice to know the actual reason of this problem.
May 14, 201214 yr I just flashed my m1015, and received odd behavior you described... (outside of the PAL error which I resolvde with using a different computer to flash). Seemed sort of random, that or I just did a bunch or crap and the earlier steps started to work (adapters.txt, wipe, backup of old etc)... until I ran into the PAL issue. I have a supermicro C2SEE board (old board that limetech used once apon a time)... I first changed the adapter init setting in bios, to on-board instead of PCI-E... this seemed to help get the card running, its bios etc. I also updated the firmware (but after noticed I already had the same firmware)... So maybe resetting your bios to default settings would help??? I removed all other cards I had in the system, for me it was an adaptec 4 port PCI card. After the above, I was able to run all the steps, except for the actual flash due to PAL error.
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