Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 23:10:25 +0000 From: Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie> To: rotel@indigo.ie, Tony Holmes <tony@crosswinds.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Load related wd problem Message-ID: <199807062210.XAA01618@indigo.ie> In-Reply-To: rotel@indigo.ie "Re: Load related wd problem" (Jul 6, 10:13pm)
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On Jul 6, 10:13pm, rotel@indigo.ie wrote: } Subject: Re: Load related wd problem > > > > When the IDE disks are under heavy load, they will take down the system with > > no warning. This occurs across all versions - it find it easy to duplicate > > the problem - on a web server, while the http server is up, I will do some > > custom processing on the log files (cat, grepping, etc.) which hits the IDE > > disks hard. After a time (usually after 10-15 minutes) the system hangs > > and can only be rescued with a hard reset. > > I saw a PR go on a while back for a similar problem, it was some > problem about using one variable for all disks instead of one each, > I can't remember the details. Anyway, I'm not sure if it was even > committed, but it might be worth searching freebsd.org to see if > you can find it, sorry I can't be more help. Damnit, I've searched GNATS, freebsd-bugs and freebsd-hackers and reviewed the changelog for wd.c and I can't find it. Does anyone else remember this? Sorry for the amount of cross-posting, but if the original patch was correct then its important. Niall -- Niall Smart. PGP: finger njs3@motmot.doc.ic.ac.uk FreeBSD: Turning PC's into Workstations: www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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