Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:25:09 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@spider.deepcore.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Recent ATA drivers giving problems with SATA Message-ID: <1069874709.752.68.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <200311261828.hAQIS4k3021746@spider.deepcore.dk> References: <200311261828.hAQIS4k3021746@spider.deepcore.dk>
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--=-0qiS3yvO1NPpzeI8mWEz Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 13:28, Soren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > atapci1: <SiI 3112 SATA150 controller> port > > 0x14b0-0x14bf,0x14c0-0x14c3,0x14c8-0x14cf,0x14c4-0x14c7,0x14d0-0x14d7 > > mem 0xe800a000-0xe800a1ff irq 9 at device 16.0 on pci0 > > GEOM: create disk ad4 dp=3D0xc5246460 > > ad4: 78167MB <Maxtor 6Y080M0> [158816/16/63] at ata2-master UDMA133 > >=20 > > Nothing else was changed in the machine except the specific version of > > -CURRENT since the time things worked and now. In addition to replacin= g > > the drive, I have replaced the SATA cable as well. My plan is to rever= t > > the ATA drivers to two weeks ago, and see if the problem persists.=20 > > Failing that, I will test to see if this is a cooling problem. Failing > > that, I will replace the SATA controller. However, I wanted to know if > > I'm barking up the wrong tree, and perhaps this is a software issue.=20 >=20 > There are some early issues of the SiI3112 chips that has problems that > can cause datacorruption etc etc.. > You can try the following patch (which btw re@ has for approval),=20 > otherwise I'd try another controller as there seem to be no end of the > troubles with the Sii 3112 chips (brings back to mind the horror times > from when they where called CMD and did the CMD640 disaster)... Thanks, but this patch immediately causes an Input/Output error trying to do a large rm. A few seconds later, and the machine is locked up (probably spewing the same DMA timeouts, but I won't be able to check until I get back home). Joe [ATA patch elided] --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-0qiS3yvO1NPpzeI8mWEz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA/xP4Vb2iPiv4Uz4cRAlo4AKCGxIx9CjFgGMdlrNsULmBsyNsUMgCghY7e jyYZBl65jYMkaK8XvzZ1v2A= =/PjF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0qiS3yvO1NPpzeI8mWEz--
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