From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 25 08:43:30 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88489106564A for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:43:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: from mx01.sc1.parodius.com (mx01.sc1.parodius.com [72.20.106.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681D58FC48 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:43:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@parodius.com) Received: by mx01.sc1.parodius.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3F6CC1CC060; Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:43:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:43:30 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Gianni Message-ID: <20080325084330.GA36390@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <20080322035212.GA15541@eos.sc1.parodius.com> <248F8C92-14F4-4FF8-94FE-2F220FFBE8FB@yahoo.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <248F8C92-14F4-4FF8-94FE-2F220FFBE8FB@yahoo.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ad0 READ_DMA TIMEOUT errors on install of 7.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:43:30 -0000 On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 08:32:07AM +0100, Gianni wrote: > On 22/mar/08, at 04:52, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 06:27:19PM +0100, Gianni Doe wrote: >>> I'm also experiencing this issue after upgrading to 7.0-RELEASE from 6.3 >> The most I can provide is here: >> http://wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/Commonly_reported_issues > >> Workaround: Set hw.ata.ata_dma=0 in /boot/loader.conf. This will disable >> use of DMA in the ATA/SATA subsystem; > > I'm afraid the workaround doesn't work for me, I set hw.ata.ata_dma="0" in > loader.conf and the problem still occurs. > Just to double-check... > # sysctl hw.ata.ata_dma > hw.ata.ata_dma: 0 Are you using PATA or SATA disks? The individual who recommended disabling DMA via loader.conf said "it worked for him", but he wa using PATA disks. No one was able to confirm/deny if hw.ata.ata_dma toggles DMA capability on SATA, but it was stated "I would assume so?" I can dig up the exact thread if you want. It sounds like that workaround method might only apply to PATA. If that's the case, I'll update my Wiki page. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |