Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:06:10 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dumping large partition to USB drive fails Message-ID: <20070628200610.GA15640@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20070628192415.GA68930@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <20070625224507.da4e62c2.ota@j.email.ne.jp> <20070626060948.GA20203@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070627153221.1a2cce90@localhost> <20070627061206.GA58111@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070627201905.2102ddc4@localhost> <20070627151123.GA71331@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <46828AB4.9090603@dial.pipex.com> <20070628025331.63bfa84a@localhost> <20070628185545.GB13456@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070628192415.GA68930@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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--vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 12:24:15PM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 08:55:46PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: > > A tip from Paul Mather pointed to problems with USB/firewire chipset, > > the PL-3507, which was what I found in my enclosure. Most likely this is > > the culprit. I'm going to buy a new enclosure. >=20 > Can you provide these details (forward what Paul sent you, etc.)? It > would be nice to have this info somewhere in the archives in case > someone mails about similar... Here it is; > I don't have your original posting, so I don't know what model of > chipset you have, though I do dimly recall it being a Prolific, which is > why I thought I'd e-mail you. Given that the PL3507 had an early > history of problems when writing to it using large transfers (and that > GELI uses large transfers, IIRC), and you say that enclosure is old, you > might want to see if chipset bugs are the source of your problem. > > Here is a link I had bookmarked when I was looking for firmware updates f= or > the Prolific PL3507: > http://missig.org/julian/blog/2004/06/10/prolific-pl3507-firewire-device/ > > Here is a link to the corruption issue that plagued various chipsets, > including the Prolific PL3507: > http://www.bustrace.com/delayedwrite/index.htm --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGhBSyEnfvsMMhpyURAs4TAJ0dtvJ6YDVAhX5emJvlIlii5Ln/nQCfQm05 2tNY90poVTJ0iKZrTEDT3Jc= =CveO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vkogqOf2sHV7VnPd--
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