From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 07:08:34 2009 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 E378B1065670 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:08:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ubm@u-boot-man.de) Received: from mail.upper.net (mail.upper.net [62.75.224.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E3548FC14 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:08:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ubm@u-boot-man.de) Received: from ubm.mine.nu (mail.upper.net [62.75.224.33]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.upper.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n0K78TD4028731 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:08:30 +0100 Received: from ubm.mine.nu ([85.181.0.109] helo=ubm.mine.nu) by ASSP.nospam; 20 Jan 2009 08:08:29 +0100 Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:08:29 +0100 From: Marc "UBM" Bocklet To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20090120080829.b4006877.ubm@u-boot-man.de> In-Reply-To: <49750137.7020105@modulus.org> References: <20090119202016.11f42e3b.ubm.freebsd@gmail.com> <49750137.7020105@modulus.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.12.10; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: problems with sata disks (taskqueue timeout) 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, 20 Jan 2009 07:08:35 -0000 On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:39:51 +1100 Andrew Snow wrote: > > I think that if you use eSATA you probably need dedicated eSATA > controller ports. eSATA standard specifies a higher voltage for the > longer cable distances. > > Judging from the sporadic problem reports, Promise TX4 is probably > not the best at signal purity to begin with so using it for eSATA > pushes it over the edge. > > > Hope that helps, Thanks for the fast answer! :-) Although my version of the TX4 has two dedicated e-sata ports, the other posts seem to indicate that it got something to do with the controller (maybe signal purity, like you said). I'll try upgrading next and will report back after that. Bye Marc