From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 24 11:25:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE1A237B401; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:25:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc2-cove3-6-cust88.brhm.cable.ntl.com (pc2-cove3-6-cust88.brhm.cable.ntl.com [81.107.10.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49EB543FB1; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 11:25:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) Received: from alpha.private.lan (alpha.private.lan [192.168.0.2]) id h3OIPVrw071335; Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:25:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from ianjhart@ntlworld.com) From: ian j hart To: Sean Chittenden , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 19:25:31 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <20030424054114.GY79923@perrin.int.nxad.com> In-Reply-To: <20030424054114.GY79923@perrin.int.nxad.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200304241925.31126.ianjhart@ntlworld.com> Subject: Re: ATA tag queuing broken... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 18:25:37 -0000 On Thursday 24 April 2003 6:41 am, Sean Chittenden wrote: > Alright, well it's apparently no surprise to folks that ATA tag queuing > is broken at the moment. Are there any objections to me adding a few > cautious words to ata(4) and tuning(7) that advise _against_ the use > of ata tag queuing given that they're likely the fastest way to reboot > a -STABLE box? > > Here's a PR that I tacked a tad bit of info into: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/42563 > > -sc That's news to me, works just fine here (4.8-R). What do you mean by "at the moment"? That pr is six months old. Did you check the list first? I sent another "works for me" less than a month ago. (Thread: Status of ATA tagging in Stable Kevin Oberman 20030329) I note that the pr originator also has the *known to be broken* DTLA drives. -- ian j hart Quoth the raven, bite me! Salem Saberhagen (Episode LXXXI: The Phantom Menace)