Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:40:55 -0800 From: Stephen Hurd <hurds@sasktel.net> To: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> 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: <ea3f2604ace.47c87be7@sasktel.net>
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> > 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? Don't know. I personally would assume so, but I wouldn't be surprised if my assumption was proven wrong either.
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