Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 02:27:22 +0000 From: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> To: "Stephen Hurd" <hurds@sasktel.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Ross Penner <ross.penner@gmail.com> Subject: Re: ad0 READ_DMA TIMEOUT errors on install of 7.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <3aaaa3a0802291827o27e128c6pb144e6db1653507b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d582d87b7f8c.47c8271f@sasktel.net> References: <d582d87b7f8c.47c8271f@sasktel.net>
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On 29/02/2008, Stephen Hurd <hurds@sasktel.net> wrote: > > last night. It's a MiniITX board, model EN1200. My system can't remain > > up for more than 10minutes before something locks it up and frequently > > the screen will output error messages relating to DMA. > > As a workaround, adding the line: > hw.ata.ata_dma="0" > > To /boot/loader.conf will disable DMA and prevent the hangs that are caused by the DMA timeouts. > > _______________________________________________ Does that workaround work when the disks are sata? Chris
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