[Bug 1091465] Re: debian-installer fails to detect lsi 2208-based raid card in precise, quantal, raring

[Bjorn Helgaas]

This might be related to
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63661

That issue was bisected to 3c076351c402 ("PCI: Rework ASPM disable
code"), which appeared upstream in v3.3-rc1.  That commit was backported
to Ubuntu-3.2.0-22.35: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/ubuntu-
precise.git/commit/?id=2dcce0a318fc.  I'm told that 3c076351c402 has
*not* been backported to RHEL6.3, and I expect the same is true for
CentOS6.3, which might explain why the problem doesn't occur on
CentOS6.3.

For this Ubuntu issue, "pci=conf1" is a workaround, but for 63661,
"pci=conf1" didn't help (http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-
scsi/msg76194.html), so it may be that this issue on Ubuntu is
different.

But 63661 is the same hardware (Intel S2600 motherboard, MegaRAID SAS
2208), so it seems likely these issues are the same.  One reporter there
found that turning off "Fast Boot" in the BIOS settings is a workaround.

My theory is that megaraid_sas depends on something done by the option
ROM, and that enabling "Fast Boot" in the BIOS (which is apparently the
default) causes the BIOS to skip executing the option ROM.  Further, I
speculate that prior to 3c076351c402 ("PCI: Rework ASPM disable code"),
the Linux PCI core did something that made things work.

If anybody still cares about this issue, please look at
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63661 and we can try to
debug it further.

** Bug watch added: Linux Kernel Bug Tracker #63661
   http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63661

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Title:
  debian-installer fails to detect lsi 2208-based raid card in precise,
  quantal, raring

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have been trying to install ubuntu server for the last 4 days on an Intel P4208CP4 server with intel rms25pb080 raid controller.
  Although the raid card (LSI 2208 chipset, 1 gb RAM, 2 8087-ports ) is recognized correctly by the kernel as megaraid_sas it will not ever be used or even offered as an installation target.
  dmesg reports "FW in fault state", and that is about all that ever happens. lsmod shows the relevant modules to be loaded.
  fdisk or gparted never show any devices on this controller.
  Versions i tried:
  - 12.04 server 64bit, release
  - 12.04.1 server 64bit, release
  - 12.04.2 daily build server 64bit as of 12/12/2012, kernel 3.5 quantal-lts
  - 12.04.2 daily build desktop 64bit as of 12/12/2012, kernel 3.5 quantal-lts
  - 12.10 deskktop and server , daily build from 12/13/2012 kernel 3.5
  - 13.04 alpha, daily build from 12/14/2012 64bit, desktop only, kernel 3.7-rc
  Just to make sure, i moved the raid card around between the pci-e slots.
  I also tried efi and legacy boot with all these versions - nothing.
  There are 3 more 1tb sata disks in the machine, that are not attached to the raid card, ubuntu in any of the above versions installs and runs there without any problems
  Machine Specs:
  - intel server chassis 4208cp
  - MB intel S2600CP4
  - 2xE5-2630 xeon
  - 8x8GB Kingston ecc reg
  - intel raid adapter rms25pb080 lsi 2208 chipset, 1gb ram, 8x Samsung SSD 840PRO /256gb wrapped into a single raid6 volume
  - battery backup module for raid controller intel AXXRMFBU2
  - 3x 1TB Hitachi HTE54101,  2,5" sata on onboard sas-ports (only for backup, not connected for installation, i wanted all system-things to got to the raid set)
  no cd/dvd

  BTW: Centos 6.3-64bit works out of the box, much to my chagrin..
  Disk throughput ist 2.9GB/s read avg. and 2.4GB/write avg. according to centos gnome disk utility, so the raid card seems to be ok with these ssds attached to it.

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