From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 15 18:22:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEFF016A4CE for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:22:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from av1-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (av1-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.115]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9315043D39 for ; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:22:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from daniel_k_eriksson@telia.com) Received: by av1-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id C84CE37EBE; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:22:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp2-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (smtp2-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.182]) by av1-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB3437E42; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:22:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from gadget (h130n1fls11o822.telia.com [213.64.66.130]) by smtp2-2-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F14837E42; Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:22:10 +0200 (CEST) From: "Daniel Eriksson" To: Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:22:12 +0200 Organization: Home Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Thread-Index: AcSAkL5GmtmWhetjRLKmFU1KtfXvFwCYsbyg cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?'S=F8ren_Schmidt'?= cc: 'Nate Lawson' Subject: RE: More ATA interrupt(?) oddities X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:22:11 -0000 I wrote: > Sometime during the last 3 weeks, something has changed in=20 > the kernel that makes one of my servers barf when hit with > lots of I/O on multiple filesystems (like when starting > "fsck" on all the filesystems). This used to work in the > past, but I have unfortunately not run this stress-test in > the last 3 weeks despite upgrading the kernel multiple times I would like to apologize for shouting "fire" when there is, in fact, nothing burning. After much head-scratching, some emails with S=F6ren = and Nate and trying out a few old kernels without any success, I decided to = replace the PSU powering the discs that were causing the timeout messages = mentioned in my original email. That fixed the problem. I suspect that the = combination of rather unusual temperatures in Sweden over the last 10 days, and very poor ventilation in the room where the server sits, contributed to the "half-death" of the PSU. I should have known better than to suspect FreeBSD given the symptoms = (which I've actually seen once before when I think about it), and I would like = to apologize for any time wasted trying to help me. /Daniel Eriksson