Marvell 9230 Firmware Updates and such

[Igel]

 

Just wondering, do you experience problems when VT-d is on with latest 1070? Like described here: https://forums.lime-technology.com/topic/39003-marvell-disk-controller-chipsets-and-virtualization/

 

Hmm does not seem like it, or I don't know where to look, though this report may be Intel specific and I'm running a Ryzen 5 1600. 

Both IOMMU and full virtualization support are on enabled (not auto) in the motherboard and Hyper-V 2012 R2 server boots just fine, even without any windows updates. This is when when secure boot is set to "Other OS". As soon as secure boot is set to "Windows-UEFI" i no longer see the VD in the boot list with the bios based oprom, but I guess I can live with that.

[Igel]

A small update on the 1070 from the supermicro FTP: 

1. If using secure boot set to "Other OS" in mobo bios I need to have 1070 bios oprom flashed:  ImageA1.bin  CRC32 CheckSum : 206B568C. 

This allows to select VD as bootable. This also has bios oprom screen (CTRL+M) showing.

When switching secure boot to "Windows-UEFI" the VD is no longer bootable.

 

2. When secure boot is set to "Windows-UEFI" I need to have 1070 uefi oprom flashed:

ImageA1.bin CRC32 CheckSum : F998771D.

This does not have oprom screen and needs uefi shell+utility to manage outside of OS. VD shows bootable on UEFI screen. There are no smart issues here. 

When switching secure boot to "Other-OS" the VD is no longer bootable. 

 

If you plan to use UEFI signed OS only (I do) I think it is best to stick to uefi oprom. I'll be running it for a few days, but it allows better initialization (screen res in hyper-v server console is proper). If you don't need secure boot, or need to boot unsigned os, stick to bios oprom.

 

This changelog file is an interesting read: http://www.wikifortio.com/844381/history.txt

 

It is also easy to rebuild 1064 with both bios and uefi to proper 9230 image from a syba 9235 update, so it means the 1065 from startech can also be rebuilt with uefi if needed. Interestingly a 1065 change accroding to the above changelog is "Implemented BugID#6559("[Wistron/9170] Add a flag to control adapter 1 and 2 HDD detect sequence for Multiple OptionROM")." It's not very clear how to build this, but if I have some free time I may play some slice and splice of the different firmwares.

Edited March 18, 2018 by Igel
update

[Maxim1980]

Hello everyone and thank you for this thead. It`s very helpful. I didnt find my case over the internet.

Espada card on 9230 chip connected to ASROCK H55DE3 PCIe16 port. A1 chip.

Symptom: Current PCIe link: 1X.

FW used 1065, 1058, 1070 with no change.

Speed 5Gb\s.

When connected to PCIe 4x port, PCIe link: 2X with 2.5 Gb\s speed.

Any ideas Bros?

 

Btw, system is bootable if disable onboard SATA only... Otherwise freeze 1min before W10 boot if lucky.

Hello everyone and thank you for this thead. It`s very helpful. I didnt find my case over the internet.

Espada card on 9230 chip connected to ASROCK H55DE3 PCIe16 port. A1 chip.

Symptom: Current PCIe link: 1X.

FW used 1065, 1058, 1070 with no change.

Speed 5Gb\s.

When connected to PCIe 4x port, PCIe link: 2X with 2.5 Gb\s speed.

Any ideas Bros?

 

Btw, system is bootable if disable onboard SATA only... Otherwise freeze 1min before W10 boot if lucky.

 

I find this card to connect quick SSD to my mainboard as only solution. May be there are some alternatives? Pls help.

[scav]

Just for your info There is new FW 2.3.12.1074 for Marvell 88SE9230 8P SATA3 HW RAID Capable Controller (8Ports!) inside IBM 8001-12C/22C available on ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/driver/P8DTU/. Not tested it as this is only bin file and I dont know if it is fully compatible with my Digitus based 88SE9230 controler. But maybe someone would liek to try? 

 

Update looks like it is tstill 1070 ?

 

> flash -a version -f d:\marvel\ImageA1-2.3.12.1074_led.bin
major version:     2
minor version:     3
revision number:   0
build number:      1070
image type:        firmware
Device ID:         9230
Sub Device ID:     9230
Sub Vendor ID:     1b4b

Edited November 5, 2018 by scav

[fluffi444]

Hey Guys.

 

Looks like there is an new official FW for the Digitus DS-30104-1 (with Marvell 88SE9230) dated 2018-12-21 on thier webseite.

A bit unexpected - Found it by coincidence 🙂

 

PACKAGE VERSION[0xFFFFFFFF]: 2.3.0.1066
AUTOLOAD VERSION[0x00000000]: 200019
LOADER VERSION[0x0000C000]: 21001008
BIOS VERSION[0x00020000]: 1.0.0.1027
FIRMWARE VERSION[0x00030000]: 2.3.0.1076

 

https://www.digitus.info/en/products/computer-accessories-and-components/computer-accessories/io-cards/ds-30104-1/

http://ftp.assmann.com/pub/DS-/DS-30104-1___4016032330240/DS-30104-1_firmware_mul_DS-30104-1 Firmware_20181221.zip

 

Installed it on my DS-30104-1 - Works good!

[fluffi444]

There is another update -> 2.3.0.1078 for A1

https://www.station-drivers.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=topic&catid=7&id=125&Itemid=858&lang=en

 

Thanks to chinobino on station-drivers.com for his nice colletion.

Tested 2.3.0.1078 - Works on my Digitus DS-30104-1 with Marvell 88SE9230

[BazzT]

Hello, does anyone know where to get the 2.3.0.1078 for A0? Its an onboard chip and i cant change it.

Expansioncard with A1 and 2.3.0.1078 works fine in passtrough but onboard A0 with 2.3.0.1050 to 1076 get errors...