From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 30 17:39:40 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B03201065672 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 17:39:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dieterbsd@engineer.com) Received: from mailout-us.gmx.com (mailout-us.gmx.com [74.208.5.67]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2493D8FC0C for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 17:39:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6541 invoked by uid 0); 30 May 2011 17:39:38 -0000 Received: from 67.206.163.100 by rms-us010.v300.gmx.net with HTTP Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 17:39:34 +0000 From: "Dieter BSD" Message-ID: <20110530173936.95200@gmx.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mav@freebsd.org X-Authenticated: #74169980 X-Flags: 0001 X-Mailer: GMX.com Web Mailer x-registered: 0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-GMX-UID: buPRdQcWmCvxdUmKXTE2D8E7MTE2NYkj Cc: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Siis(4) does not play well with others! :-( X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 17:39:40 -0000 > My todo list: > 1) Build new kernel with the latest siis(4) and achi(4) bits. > 2) Test if a read error causes achi(4) to lock out Ethernet for too long. > 3) Test with achi(4) with and without a port multiplier. > 3) Test with siis(4) with and without a port multiplier. 5) Learn how to count to 4.  :-) 6) Learn how to spell ahci.  :-) Built a new kernel, tested ahci without PM and siis with PM. Neither driver created a problem.  Hopefully this is due to your improvements (thank you) rather than the machine not being as busy, random chance, etc.  Maybe I should try the previous kernel and see if the problem is repeatable. FYI here's what I'm getting now: siisch3: siis_wait_ready() calling DELAY(1000) siisch3: siis_wait_ready() calling DELAY(1000) siisch3: Error while READ LOG EXT siisch3: siis_wait_ready() calling DELAY(1000) siisch3: SIIS reset... siisch3: siis_sata_connect() calling DELAY(100) siisch3: SATA connect time=100us status=00000123 siisch3: SIIS reset done: devices=00000001 siisch3: siis_wait_ready() calling DELAY(1000) siisch3: siis_wait_ready() calling DELAY(1000) siisch3: Error while READ LOG EXT siisch3: siis_wait_ready() calling DELAY(1000) siisch3: SIIS reset... siisch3: siis_sata_connect() calling DELAY(100) siisch3: SATA connect time=100us status=00000123 siisch3: SIIS reset done: devices=00000001 siisch3: siis_wait_ready() calling DELAY(1000) ----- Update: This reply has been sitting around for a couple weeks waiting for me to have time to post it.  I think the disk may have died completely, so I probably will not be able to complete the testing.