VMware: Problems with DirectPath RAID Controller ( passthrough )

When configuring the VM to use the passthrough RAID controller, you may see errors as follows:

example MegaRAID 9266 controller
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On esxi I enabled directpath for the 9266.

In the VM settings of my linux VM I attached the pci device.

The VM boots from a vmdk hdd from the ssd datastore on the onboard raid controller.

As the storage unit I want to use the 9266 controller.

As I boot the VM it comes up, but the megasas driver shows the following:

~# dmesg | grep mega

[ 19.533015] megasas: 06.703.11.00 Mar. 27, 17:00:00 PDT 2014

[ 19.533035] megasas: 0x1000:0x005b:0x1000:0x9269: bus 11:slot 0:func 0

[ 19.533404] megasas: Waiting for FW to come to ready state

[ 19.533407] megasas: FW in FAULT state!!

[ 19.533408] megasas: FW restarted successfully from Kdump..!

[ 49.487224] megasas: Waiting for FW to come to ready state

[ 49.487231] megasas: FW in FAULT state!!

SOLUTION :
edit /etc/vmware/passthru.map to add an entry for your device

vi /etc/vmware/passthru.map

and add :

1000  005b  d3d0     default