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Date:      Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:57:51 +0100
From:      "craig" <craig@small-pla.net>
To:        <questions@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>
Cc:        'Peter Risdon' <peter@circlesquared.com>
Subject:   RE: Re[2]: WRITE_DMA failures on 5.3 (but NOT on 4.10)
Message-ID:  <000b01c4d866$275cbf30$6500a8c0@jupiter>
In-Reply-To: <998086773.20041129172241@wilbury.sk>

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as much as i have tried, i have still not managed to resolve this issue.
the best i can do at this time is to revert back to 4.10-stable (which =
has
its own USB issues...)

considering this is a fairly serious issue (at least, to me it is), =
would it
be appropriate to post a PR?
i have done a cursory search through the archive and not come up with
anything similar.

thanks,

---
craig@small-pla.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: DanGer [mailto:danger@wilbury.sk]=20
Sent: 29 November 2004 17:23
To: craig; questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re[2]: WRITE_DMA failures on 5.3 (but NOT on 4.10)


Hi craig,

Monday, November 29, 2004, 10:47:11 AM, you thoughtfully wrote the
following:

>>DanGer wrote:
>>[...]
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> i have the same issue on brand new 200gb ata maxtor hard drive. i=20
>>> had the same issue on 5.2.1, but when i upgraded to 5.3 i decided to =

>>> turn on ata dma but after 9 days of uptime it froze..no logs,=20
>>> whatever...so i turned ata dma off for now, and i will stay and=20
>>> watch what will happen..
>>
>>That's very helpful, thank you. The behaviour you describe - machine=20
>>freezing - is exactly what I have experienced. I'm feeling vaguely=20
>>optimistic now :-)
>>
>>>=20
>>> but there should be some other fix, because i don't want to keep my=20
>>> disc in pio mode :/
>>
>>Absolutely. But I guess, since I'm not going to try to produce a fix=20
>>myself, I can't whinge too loudly. A workaround is what I need right=20
>>now and I hope you've confirmed that this is one.
>>
>>Peter.


> have you had any luck yet?

there wasn't reboot since last, when i turned dma off and i have no =
strange
messeges in logs..but i have to remind you, that the box froze after 9 =
days
of uptime, when i had dma turned on, so...

> i've disabled DMA at a bios level, but it seems to make no discernable =

> difference. and the installation still fails...

try to turn it off in system before boot in loader prompt
(not sure if this is possible:))

> have the IDE drivers changed between 4.10 and 5.3?

i think so, but there are people who understands this more than me ;-)

> much thanks,

--=20
Best Regards,

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