Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 07:14:36 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: How do I turn off "preemption" (getting "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA") Message-ID: <20040929141436.GA1054@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <200409290307.10470.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net> References: <41598E3A.7070504@optonline.net> <20040928163631.GA3437@xor.obsecurity.org> <200409290307.10470.Emanuel.Strobl@gmx.net>
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--huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 03:07:06AM +0200, Emanuel Strobl wrote: > Am Dienstag, 28. September 2004 18:36 schrieb Kris Kennaway: > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 12:15:54PM -0400, bsdfsse wrote: > > > I am getting "TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA" messages on my ad2 and ad3 > > > hard-drives. I never get them on ad0 or the CD drive. I did some > > > searching, and it sounds like I need to turn of "preemption" in the > > > kernel. I'm running 5.3-BETA4 on the computer. > > > > > > I am going to guess this is turned on for the beta-testing. > > > > > > Any ideas? I just started running 5.x last night. %-) > > > > Update to the latest beta, which has a fixed ata driver. > > Kris >=20 > Right, but I'd also like to know how I can turn it off. Just for curiosit= y. Don't include the PREEMPTION kernel config option (it's off by default). Kris --huq684BweRXVnRxX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBWsNKWry0BWjoQKURAkJ1AKD0rPRCXGtuWHAdjN0/RQO42JerMwCggitP Awe6TCvfmYl7eHVhBxNgbRE= =+76A -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --huq684BweRXVnRxX--
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