kmallory@pandora:~$ dmesg | grep aic
[ 3.104198] aic94xx: Adaptec aic94xx SAS/SATA driver version 1.0.3 loaded
[ 5.388293] aic94xx 0000:03:02.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 5.388313] aic94xx 0000:03:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 32 (level, low) -> IRQ 32
[ 5.388373] aic94xx: found Adaptec AIC-9410W SAS/SATA Host Adapter, device 0000:03:02.0
[ 5.388378] scsi3 : aic94xx
[ 5.411492] aic94xx 0000:03:02.0: firmware: requesting aic94xx-seq.fw
[ 65.408063] aic94xx: Failed to load sequencer firmware file aic94xx-seq.fw, error -2
[ 65.408067] aic94xx: couldn't init seqs for 0000:03:02.0
[ 65.408070] aic94xx: couldn't init the chip
[ 65.408226] aic94xx 0000:03:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 65.408236] aic94xx: probe of 0000:03:02.0 failed with error -2
I tried symlinking /lib/firmware/aic94xx-seq.fw into the /lib/firmware/<kernel-version>/aic94xx-seq.fw, and also download the latest firmware from Adaptec. Still no luck. Ubuntu/Debian needs this fixed. I've got 4TB offline right now because of it.
Confirmed. Same problems:
kmallory@pandora:~$ dmesg | grep aic
[ 3.104198] aic94xx: Adaptec aic94xx SAS/SATA driver version 1.0.3 loaded
[ 5.388293] aic94xx 0000:03:02.0: power state changed by ACPI to D0
[ 5.388313] aic94xx 0000:03:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 32 (level, low) -> IRQ 32
[ 5.388373] aic94xx: found Adaptec AIC-9410W SAS/SATA Host Adapter, device 0000:03:02.0
[ 5.388378] scsi3 : aic94xx
[ 5.411492] aic94xx 0000:03:02.0: firmware: requesting aic94xx-seq.fw
[ 65.408063] aic94xx: Failed to load sequencer firmware file aic94xx-seq.fw, error -2
[ 65.408067] aic94xx: couldn't init seqs for 0000:03:02.0
[ 65.408070] aic94xx: couldn't init the chip
[ 65.408226] aic94xx 0000:03:02.0: PCI INT A disabled
[ 65.408236] aic94xx: probe of 0000:03:02.0 failed with error -2
I tried symlinking /lib/firmware/ aic94xx- seq.fw into the /lib/firmware/ <kernel- version> /aic94xx- seq.fw, and also download the latest firmware from Adaptec. Still no luck. Ubuntu/Debian needs this fixed. I've got 4TB offline right now because of it.