From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C12CC04E69 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2023 23:16:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S240573AbjHOXPl (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:15:41 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53720 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S240565AbjHOXPW (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:15:22 -0400 Received: from dfw.source.kernel.org (dfw.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4641:c500::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1EFBB3; Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:15:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dfw.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5449260F0A; Tue, 15 Aug 2023 23:15:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8248BC433C7; Tue, 15 Aug 2023 23:15:20 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1692141320; bh=pa2nvZfQw/bdnEHOh3aiTLrBqJ4/hUwiSG2TjOGJLQg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:From; b=c4c9Gl+MoIkUJ+7vUF6e87lxuQumIH4uoBbaCKDZS6AsNOCP1d23AqczDntDGSheX K7MUydOcC7kHIuRM7sXHY0ZuFV+aYc4mnpNAllllNW3VRHFs/yhWhaTrXb4bE0BzwO 9zepIF0W5oFdayEF4tyOCB6/mO8TZ+0X70Fzfa3fsUwaRwpxLAgDG6nKIJUIL0SRGl xW6wZFitUH4Xo04qLa9xu+0WXOMBcKifSelsUBScE7XsweU4kdE6Oy+LOJ8qoxh85r SxGQNb7WUPUvFWEJ/GD4pf0AYK7RFnKS/wZyBX9+XqZ8yvYPTMTC8m4h0TX4pBUCQO jXSKwH+654o5Q== Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:15:17 -0500 From: Bjorn Helgaas To: deloptes Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: SSD SATA 3.3 and Broadcom / LSI SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS Message-ID: <20230815231517.GA271814@bhelgaas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 12:46:03AM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Bjorn Helgaas wrote: > ... > > I think some controllers have a BIOS setup user interface; have you > > poked around in there? > > I have not seen the bios of the machine for many years. I was looking > forward to plug it to a console, so that I can reboot remotely, but for > some reason it was not possible. It was may be 5y ago. I will definitely > double check this, allthough there will be nothing regarding SATA3.3 there > as these were build many years before SATA3.3 saw daylight. I saw some mention about BIOS knobs that controlled the minimum acceptable SATA link speed or something; that's the kind of thing I wondered about. > As mentioned in the other posting I will attach those SSDs directly to the > mobo. There are 6 SATA ports there. I think this is the best approach. > But you know curiosity is a force you can not resist, so I still want to > know why?! :) Haha, yeah, I know! I noticed in your response to Sathya that you're running a 4.19.288 kernel, which is really, really old. If it's practical, the first thing I would try is booting a current kernel, e.g., v6.4, on the chance that something has been fixed since v4.19. I didn't try to compare the mptsas driver to see if it has changed since then, so I don't know whether it's likely. Bjorn