From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 8 22:29:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6F0E16A4CE for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 22:29:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com (rrcs-west-24-199-45-54.biz.rr.com [24.199.45.54]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A56F143D31 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 22:29:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sean@mcneil.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D67F0FD02B for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:29:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mcneil.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.mcneil.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00629-02 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:29:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [24.199.45.54] (mcneil.com [24.199.45.54]) by mail.mcneil.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1D48FD012 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 15:29:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean McNeil To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092004191.24004.4.camel@server.mcneil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 15:29:51 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mcneil.com Subject: latest changes to ata driver increases stability X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:29:53 -0000 Just wanted to show my appreciation for the latest work checked in by Soren. I've been plagued with system hangs on my amd64 system for quite a while and the latest changes have (so far) eliminated them. The PREEMPTION caused many failures, but the last myserious cause would seem to have been ATA. As an added bonus, by DVD writer is working again. Many thanks, Sean