From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jul 26 18:27: 5 2002 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 16A8837B400 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:27:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from spork.pantherdragon.org (spork.pantherdragon.org [206.29.168.146]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A57A443E42 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:27:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmp@pantherdragon.org) Received: from sparx.pantherdragon.org (evrtwa1-ar10-4-61-236-062.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net [4.61.236.62]) by spork.pantherdragon.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E97471D8; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:27:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pantherdragon.org (speck.techno.pagans [172.21.42.2]) by sparx.pantherdragon.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50E71FDA0; Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:26:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3D41F6E3.D9E3BFA0@pantherdragon.org> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 18:26:59 -0700 From: Darren Pilgrim X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ian Dowse Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: READ_BIG problems References: <200207252206.aa43155@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Ian Dowse wrote: > In message <3D406319.1136A6EA@iae.nl>, Hans Ottevanger writes: > >acd0: READ_BIG command timeout - resetting > >ata1: resetting devices .. done > >acd0: READ_BIG command timeout - resetting > >ata1: resetting devices .. done > > Could people seeing this and other ATA problems try the patch below? > This should fix some unlikely races that could potentially be > responsible for these problems, though I suspect it will not make > any difference. Is there a specific problem with certain drives (meaning certain interface logic or drive mechanisms), or is this another one of those, "This is why you shouldn't use El Cheapo hardware with a real OS," deals? I was having the same READ_BIG timeout errors with a generic 50x drive. Replacing the drive with a decent drive (Toshiba XM-6402B) fixed the problem. I can put the 50x drive back in if you want another tester for the patch, btw. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message